Major General Julian Thompson first wrote No Picnic when the momentous events of April
- June 1982 were fresh in his mind. As Commander of 3 Commando Brigade he was at the heart of the planning & conduct of the War. Under his direct command had been the Royal Marine Commandos & the two battalions of the Parachute Regiment who conducted the lion's share of the fighting. No-one therefore is better qualified to tell the extraordinary story of there-taking of the Falkland Islands from the Argentinians. The author now a celebrated military historian has revised his early book & added for this 25 Anniversary edition more of his own personal thoughts & impressions. It is all too easy to overlook just how perilous & risky a venture this expedition to the depths of the Southern Hemisphere was. Victory & defeat hung in the balance. Even those who feel they know about this most remarkable of wars will learn more from reading this classic account.