MIKE ROSSITER - Sink the Belgrano. The Dramatic Hunt For the Agentine Warship

London England, Bantam Press, 2007. First Edition, Binding: Cloth, Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Octavo 9780593058428 Hardback Hardcover. First Edition. Sink the Belgrano. With all the pace and tension of a thriller, this book takes us inside the battle for the South Atlantic and shows us the human drama behind the famous and controversial, Sun headline 'Gotcha!'. We track the collision course of the British submarine Conqueror and the Argentine warship - as the two sides and every aboard head towards the climatic moment just outside the exclusion zone set up by the British around the Falkland Islands. We witness behind-the-scenes arguments, discussions and powerbroking before the decision to fire the three torpedoes. And, for the first time, we hear from the sailors on both sides - personal accounts of the hunt for and attack on the Belgrano, and from the Argentine side the experience of beind under fire and the sinking that left 340 members of her crew dead. Illustrated. 308 pp.