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Clark soon began clashing with Haig on policy issues. When Haig in April undertook his epic Washington-London-Buenos Aires shuttle in an effort to avert war between Britain and Argentina over the Falkland Islands, Clark thought that Haig had staked the Administration's prestige far too heavily on a mission that seemed likely to fail-as, of course, it did. After war broke out, Clark believed that Haig had persuaded Reagan to come out openly on Britain's side too quickly and completely...
...must do all the important things himself. His unwillingness to delegate chores to others became a serious flaw in his performance as a manager. The best example may be Haig's insistence on assuming a staggering shuttle diplomacy chore: trying to arrange a negotiated settlement after the Falkland Islands takeover by Argentina. He made six flights between Washington, London and Buenos Aires, covering 32,965 miles. Haig really cannot be blamed for the fact that the effort failed. Still, if he had used as special envoy or the U.S. ambassadors in Buenos Aires and London, the failure would...
Only a few weeks ago, when Argentines still believed that things were going well for them in the Falklands, shop windows throughout the country were plastered with sky-blue-and-white signs proclaiming UNIDOS, ES MÁS FACIL (United, it's easier). By last week those painted proclamations had faded in the weak sunlight of the southern winter-and so had Argentina's façade of political unity. As British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher confirmed to President Ronald Reagan that Argentina would have no say in the future of the disputed Falkland Islands, the defeated nation...
Even before the first shots were fired in the Falkland Islands or the latest round of battling broke out in Lebanon, both Argentina and Israel were staring into economic sinkholes, and Britain was desperately trying to crawl out of one. In economic terms, it was almost the worst of times for the three nations to go to war, but patriotism and nationalism persuaded all three that they had no choice. Now, with a Falklands truce still to be negotiated and peace in Lebanon as seemingly elusive as ever, those who chose to pay the price of waging war must deal...
...face death at the hands of killer ants, man-eating pythons and other unfriendlies. At times, Gardner's stolid prose style makes one long for Ian Fleming's insouciance. Still, it is good to watch England's last knight jousting with villains who make the Falkland Islands seem 2 million miles from...