Michael Clapp's career and the Falklands amphibious campaign

The biography follows Michael Clapp through Korea, the Cyprus Emergency, Buccaneer flying, and the Indonesia-Malaysia confrontation. These appointments lead to his command as Commodore Amphibious Warfare during Operation Corporate. The Falklands chapters cover the landing dilemma, San Carlos, Bomb Alley, and Fitzroy. Clapp's recollection of a continuing press embargo helps explain why his account of the campaign received less attention. His agreement with an argument that Argentine timing and interservice cooperation could have changed the result preserves his own assessment of a contested campaign.