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(More customer reviews)Higgitt's book is an account of the ship HMS Ardent during the Falkland's War. He draws heavily on primary sources - letters, diaries and interviews carried out by himself. He shows with great clarity and sensitivity the experience of the young sailors who were given insufficient resources to fight and defend their ship. It is a book about heroes, but is without hype. It is a book that shows Whitehall what they demand of boys scarcely out of school, and damns them for their indifference. I am sure that this work will be a standard text for all who are interested in the Falklands War and how it was fought, the author should be commended for preserving this story.

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The average age of the 199 men on board the HMS Ardent was 23 in May 1982 when she made a midnight run into Falkland Sound, ahead of the British amphibious group. This text tells the story of the frigate Ardent, from Christmas 1981 in Amsterdam to her sinking in Falkland Sound - and beyond.

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