{"product_id":"operation-tabarin-stephen-haddelsey-9780750967464","title":"Operation Tabarin: Britain's Secret Wartime Expedition to Antarctica 1944-46","description":"In 1943, Churchill's War Cabinet met to discuss the opening of a new front. Its battles would be fought amidst the glaciers of the Antarctic. Intended to safeguard the Falkland Islands from Japanese invasion and to deny German U-boats, the expedition also sought to re-assert British territorial rights in the face of Argentine provocation. Indeed, the British bases secretly established in 1944 would also go on to play a vital part in a global \"conflict: \" the Cold War. \u003ci\u003eOperation Tabarin\u003c\/i\u003e tells for the first time the story of one of the most curious episodes in what Ernest Shackleton called \"the white warfare of the south.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stephen Haddelsey, Allan Carroll\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0750967463\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780750967464\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e History Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.60d","brand":"Stephen Haddelsey","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43925884076287,"sku":"9780750967464","price":30.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_b3d23822-900f-4aa3-b3fe-e8f0dc0c4472.jpg?v=1681079944","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/operation-tabarin-stephen-haddelsey-9780750967464","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}