{"product_id":"9781407034119","title":"Sink the Belgrano","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOn the evening of 30 March, 1982, Commander David Hall, chief engineer of the British nuclear submarine HMS\u003c\/i\u003e Conqueror\u003ci\u003e received a telephone call giving him the order to 'store for war'. At first he didn't believe it. In the early hours of 2 April, Argentine forces invaded the Falkland Isles.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe sinking of the \u003ci\u003eBelgrano\u003c\/i\u003e was one of the most dramatic moments of the Falklands conflict. For many it signalled Britain's entry into the war and it has been seen as a politically motivated decision deliberately designed to take the country irrevocably into the fight. Now Mike Rossiter - with unprecedented access to sailors from the \u003ci\u003eBelgrano\u003c\/i\u003e and HMS \u003ci\u003eConqueror\u003c\/i\u003e - gives us a dramatic and definitive retelling of the events that led up to the sinking.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith all the pace and tension of a thriller, \u003ci\u003eSink the Belgrano\u003c\/i\u003e takes us inside the battle for the South Atlantic and shows us the human drama behind the famous, and controversial, \u003ci\u003eSun\u003c\/i\u003e headline 'Gotcha!' We track the collision course between the British submarine \u003ci\u003eConqueror\u003c\/i\u003e and the Argentine warship - as the two sides and everyone aboard head towards the climactic moment just outside the exclusion zone set up by the British around the Falkland Isles. We witness the behind-the-scenes arguments , discussions and powerbroking that led to the decision to fire the three torpedoes. And, for the first time, we hear from the sailors on both sides - the personal testimony of the hunt for and attack on the \u003ci\u003eBelgrano\u003c\/i\u003e, and from the Argentine side the experience of being under attack and the sinking that left 340 members of her crew dead.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Transworld Publishers Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47152876683504,"sku":"9781407034119","price":23.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781407034119_p0.jpg?v=1763717492","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781407034119","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}