🎧 The Falklands War: Why Was There A Conflict?
🎧 Warfare • 35m
April 2022 marks 40 years since the beginning of the Falklands War - but how and why did such a tiny plot of land in the South Atlantic become the setting of an international conflict?
In this first episode of a new miniseries from Warfare focusing on the Falklands War, James is joined by geopolitical lecturer and author Klaus Dodds.
Together they discuss why the 'Las Malvinas' dispute was so important in the 1980s and to the present day, how the war started, and whether its consequences can still be felt in the 21st century.
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