 What is the general history of the Falkland (Malvinas) Islands?  What was the political and economic situation in Argentina in 1981?  What was the Antarctic Treaty?  What were Thatcher’s economic policies?  Why was the idea of “leaseback” unworkable with regard to the Falkland?  Explain the incident on the island of South Georgia.  Why is it apparent that the Argentines were looking for a military confrontation?

 What was the original plan for Argentina’s invasion? How did it change?  What was Britain’s response toe the Argentine occupation of the Falklands?  How did the diplomatic dispute proceed at the U.N. Security Council?  How did the U.S. handle the O.A.S.?  Why did the British set up a Maritime Exclusion Zone and what did it mean? What did it turn into?  What did the British achieve on 25 April, 1982?

 What role did airpower play for the Argentines during the war?  What happened on May 21?  How did the invasion go for the British?  What happened on June 14?  What was the human and financial cost of the war for Argentina and Great Britain?  What was the political impact of the war on both countries?  What are some of the actual, and possible, long-term consequences of the war?