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“Workmanlike but absorbing account of the nuclear attack submarine H.M.S. Conqueror's stalking and attack on the Argentine cruise in the Falklands War.
TheophileEscargot wrote this review Tuesday, May 12 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
Has a strong focus on the tactics of and life aboard the submarine: that seems to have gotten a lot less attention than the land and air battles above. Rossiter makes the claim that the sinking of the Belgrano was critical to the war, since fear of further attacks forced the Argentine navy, and in particular its main aircraft carrier, to stay in their 12-mile territorial waters.
While controversial at the time, since the UK government could not reveal that they had decrypted Argentine signals, the sinking seems more reasonable now. For one thing, Argentine sub the Santa Fe had similar orders to attack British ships wherever it found them; though it was disabled by helicopter before it could do so.
The weakness of the book is that it's a bit inconsistent with its handling of the rest of the war: going into a lot of detail in some areas, but skipping lightly over subsequent events. From the introduction I think the book was rushed out to meet an anniversary deadline: could have done with some refinement.
Overall, a worthwhile read if you're interested in the war. Might be a bit basic for the serious military buff though.”
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