Book Review: ‘Air Power in the Falklands Conflict: An Operational Level Insight into Air Warfare in the South Atlantic’ by John Shields

Abstract

John Shields sets out to test these and other narratives with an operational-level analysis of air power during the conflict. In terms which are set out clearly at the beginning, he does not focus on the higher strategic aims or the details of individual tactical actions but on the broader operational objectives set in between. He further supports his argument by identifying both the British and Argentine Centres of Gravity (CofG), where they rested how they changed as the conflict progressed.