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There is an event at RUSI tomorrow to mark this anniversary programme is below for those interested. Places are I believe still available:
The Falklands War
Twenty Five Years On
Friday 9 March 2007
in the Duke of Wellington Hall,
Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies
0845 Registration & Coffee
0925 Welcome: Rear Admiral Richard Cobbold CB FRAeS, Director, RUSI
0930 Session 1: Keynote Address
Chair: Rear Admiral Richard Cobbold CB FRAeS, Director, RUSI
The Falklands as Diplomatic, Political and Military History Professor Sir Lawrence Freedman, Professor of War Studies and Vice-Principal (Research), King’s college, London
1015 Session 2: The War Cabinet
Chair: Rear Admiral Richard Cobbold CB FRAeS, Director, RUSI
The Rt. Hon Sir John Nott KCB, former UK Secretary of State for Defence, 1981-1983
1045 Morning Coffee and Tea
1115 Session 3: The Historical and Diplomatic Context
Chair: Gill Bennett, Associate Fellow, RUSI & formerly Chief Historian, The Foreign and Commonwealth Office
A View from the Foreign Office Sir John Ure KCMG LVO, Assistant under Secretary of State (Americas), The Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1981-1983
1200 Session 3 continued:
Operation “ROSARIO†Nigel West, Commentator and Writer on Security and Intelligence Issues
1245 Lunch
1345 Session 4: The Naval Challenges
Chair: Professor Steven Haines, Professor of Strategy and the Law of Military Operations, Royal Holloway, University of London
The Impact of the Nott Review on the Outbreak of the Conflict Dr Eric Grove, Director, Centre for International Security and War Studies University of Salford
1430 Session 4 continued:
Commanding the Amphibious ‘Task’ Group Captain Michael Clapp CB, Commodore of Amphibious Warfare, 1981-1983
1515 Afternoon Tea and Coffee
1545 Session 5: The Findings and Significance of the Franks Committee
Chair: Rear Admiral Richard Cobbold CB FRAeS, Director, RUSI
Tony Rawsthorne, Secretary, Falklands Islands Review Committee, 1982
1630 Closing Address:
Chair: Rear Admiral Richard Cobbold CB FRAeS, Director, RUSI
Sir Max Hastings, author, journalist and broadcaster
1715 End of Conference
The Falklands War
Twenty Five Years On
Friday 9 March 2007
in the Duke of Wellington Hall,
Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies
0845 Registration & Coffee
0925 Welcome: Rear Admiral Richard Cobbold CB FRAeS, Director, RUSI
0930 Session 1: Keynote Address
Chair: Rear Admiral Richard Cobbold CB FRAeS, Director, RUSI
The Falklands as Diplomatic, Political and Military History Professor Sir Lawrence Freedman, Professor of War Studies and Vice-Principal (Research), King’s college, London
1015 Session 2: The War Cabinet
Chair: Rear Admiral Richard Cobbold CB FRAeS, Director, RUSI
The Rt. Hon Sir John Nott KCB, former UK Secretary of State for Defence, 1981-1983
1045 Morning Coffee and Tea
1115 Session 3: The Historical and Diplomatic Context
Chair: Gill Bennett, Associate Fellow, RUSI & formerly Chief Historian, The Foreign and Commonwealth Office
A View from the Foreign Office Sir John Ure KCMG LVO, Assistant under Secretary of State (Americas), The Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1981-1983
1200 Session 3 continued:
Operation “ROSARIO†Nigel West, Commentator and Writer on Security and Intelligence Issues
1245 Lunch
1345 Session 4: The Naval Challenges
Chair: Professor Steven Haines, Professor of Strategy and the Law of Military Operations, Royal Holloway, University of London
The Impact of the Nott Review on the Outbreak of the Conflict Dr Eric Grove, Director, Centre for International Security and War Studies University of Salford
1430 Session 4 continued:
Commanding the Amphibious ‘Task’ Group Captain Michael Clapp CB, Commodore of Amphibious Warfare, 1981-1983
1515 Afternoon Tea and Coffee
1545 Session 5: The Findings and Significance of the Franks Committee
Chair: Rear Admiral Richard Cobbold CB FRAeS, Director, RUSI
Tony Rawsthorne, Secretary, Falklands Islands Review Committee, 1982
1630 Closing Address:
Chair: Rear Admiral Richard Cobbold CB FRAeS, Director, RUSI
Sir Max Hastings, author, journalist and broadcaster
1715 End of Conference
