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Beyond the War

Argentines and Islanders in an Unknown Falklands

Häftad, Engelska, 2026

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Beyond the War reconstructs the often-overlooked history of the Falkland Islands before the 1982 conflict. Drawing on impressions of Argentine travelers and the island community, as well as British and Argentine diplomacy and politics, it reveals a world of mutual suspicions and tensions, but also of exchanges and collaborations, challenging the notion that war was inevitable. The book situates the islands within the broader history of the British Empire's reconfiguration during the UN-driven decolonization era, showing how global changes resonated in this remote setting. It examines decisive episodes, from the unprecedented period opened by the 1971 Communications Agreement to the influence of Argentine popular music, while analyzing competing Argentine nationalisms that shaped an "emotional community" around the islands. Based on new and little-explored sources, it offers a fresh perspective on evolving relations between islanders and Argentines, as well as postwar transformations that continue to shape the islands' identity today.

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Utgivningsdatum2026-08-31
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieCambridge Latin American Studies
Antal sidor303
FörlagCambridge University Press
ISBN9781009556644

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Sebastián Carassai is a CONICET researcher, Professor of Foundations of Society and the State at the Universidad de Buenos Aires, and member of the Centre for Intellectual History at the Universidad de Quilmes. He is the author of The Argentine Silent Majority: Middle Classes, Politics, Violence, and Memory in the Seventies and coeditor, with Kevin Coleman, of Coups d'État in Cold War Latin America, 1964–1982.

'This excellent and extremely well-documented book explores how, like the fog and clouds that frequently surround the South Atlantic islands, the relationship between Argentina, the UK, and the islanders has been obscured by a history of mistrust, stereotypes, political/economic interests and ambitions of all involved actors. Carassai masterfully unpacks this multi-dimensional shifting chess game in which neither conflict was inevitable, nor tensions prevented opportunities for exchanges and collaboration.' Jorge Nállim, University of Manitoba