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Air Power in the Mix Air Power in the Mix
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British Air Forces British Air Forces
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Argentine Air Forces Argentine Air Forces
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Escalation—Why Argentina Went to War Escalation—Why Argentina Went to War
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Escalation—Why the British Went South Escalation—Why the British Went South
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More Escalation and Also Restraint—Argentina More Escalation and Also Restraint—Argentina
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More Escalation and Also Restraint—Britain More Escalation and Also Restraint—Britain
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Concluding Thoughts Concluding Thoughts
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Notes Notes
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5 The South Atlantic War 1982
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Published:November 2022
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Abstract
A comparative study of the escalatory calculi of Britain and Argentina. The dictators in power in Argentina initiated the war to prop up their weakening domestic political situation and in the unfounded hope that Britain would not fight. Domestic political concerns and self-interests had minimal influence on British decision making, which tended to reflect principals of sovereignty and realistic military assessments. Militarily far more capable than the Argentine's, the British nevertheless restricted their operations to retaking lost territories and eschewed attacks on the Argentine mainland that may have reenergized domestic support for the war and shifted the balance of world opinion against them.
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