In order to fully understand the falklands conflict (which plays a heavy role in my story) I have decided to research the event online using several different sources. The first, which I believe will be extremely useful in terms of finding out exactly why the conflict took place is a book called Power and Military Effectiveness: The Fallacy of Democratic Triumphalism by Michael C. Desch, and in particular one chapter entitled "Democracy and Britain's Victory in the Falklands War."
I have yet to fully read this book, but from briefly reading this chapter and scanning a few vital details about Britain's role in the retaking of the Falkland's Islands, I believe it will be a very useful source for me to investigate and gather information from in order to help me write about situations in the Falklands with absolute authenticity.
The book details some very important details, such as how exactly the British Army managed to overcome the Argentinian army with similar weaponry and a similar amount of soldiers despite being 8000 miles away from home, and it also details some effects the war had on Britain back home, such as the British victory securing the reelection of Margeret Thatcher, who was the PrimeMinister at the time.
I have also been checking out some documentary film pieces, including this documentary; The Falklands War- The Untold Story.
This documentary contains many accounts of the war from the points of view of people affected by the war, and should be a fantastic source for me to collect information on exactly what kind of effect the war had on the different types of people that were directly and indirectly involved at home and abroad. What I learn from this will allow me to further develop each character's attitude, particularly people's attitudes towards Stanley, who will have been a soldier returning from the Falklands.
I will continue my investigations.
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