Even though the outcome of the story is well known, the author has written a very exciting account of this crucial early episode in the Falklands War. The suspense builds up over the course of the first half of the book and there are also new pieces of information given by the author which are not well so well known in lay circles. Also unlike other books of this type we are not inundated with too many names which can make the plot of this type of book hard to follow. The book also sets out both the long and short terms causes of the war in a concise and interesting way.