Clemson University TigerPrints All Theses Theses 5-2014 After Thirty Years: The alF klands War of 1982 Katelyn Tietzen Clemson University,
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[email protected]. AFTER THIRTY YEARS: THE FALKLANDS WAR OF 1982 A Thesis Presented to the Graduate School of Clemson University In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Master of Arts History by Katelyn Tietzen May 2014 Accepted by: Dr. Edwin Moïse, Committee Chair Dr. Rod Andrew, Jr. Dr. Michael Silvestri ABSTRACT By law, the British government seals all cabinet and other important government documents until after thirty years passes. In 2012, the “thirty-year rule” expired for all documents pertaining to the Falklands War of 1982. There is already an enormous amount of material written about the war but these released documents provide new insight. Lasting only one hundred days, the war was kicked off when Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands, or known in Argentina as las Malvinas, on 2 April 1982. Located in the very South Atlantic and four hundred miles east of Argentina, the British launched their largest naval task force since World War II to recover their colony.