Complete Newbie Saying Hi!

[Redvers Buller]

Have you seen "The Falklands War, Then and Now?" It's a great book, although a bit pricey. If you haven't seen it, it is well worth a look, especially if you can find it at the library. The hundreds (if not thousands) of pictures made me feel like I had actually been to the islands.

Jeff

Hi Jeff,

I have seen it - at the reference library here in Toronto - and it's a fantastic book, I agree. Another interesting read, which gives a different view of the war is "The Red and Green Life Machine" by Rick Jolly. Rick Jolly was, at the time, Surgeon-Commander Rick Jolly, Royal Navy (later Surgeon-Captain Rick Jolly, OBE, RN) who was the senior medical officer for 3 Commando Brigade and ran the field hospital at Ajax Bay. The book is about his experiences at the field hospital during the war - it's an excellent read. There are quite a few interesting photos in that book as well. He remains the only person who was decorated by both sides in the war - he was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire soon after the war and, in 1998, was made an Officer of the Orden de Mayo by Argentina for his work treating Argentinean casualties.