Our Boys

Our Boys brings to life the human experiences of the paratroopers who fought in the Falklands War, and examines the long aftermath of that conflict. It is a first in many ways - a history of the Parachute Regiment, a group with an elite and aggressive reputation; a study of close-quarters combat on the Falkland Islands; and an exploration of the many legacies of this short and symbolic war.

Told unflinchingly through the experiences of people who lived through it, Our Boys shows how the Falklands conflict began to change Britain's relationship with its soldiers, and our attitudes to trauma and war itself. It is also the story of one particular soldier: the author's uncle, who was killed during the conflict, and whose fate has haunted both the author and his fellow paratroopers ever since.

'This is an extraordinary book. It is partly about the Falklands War itself and the terrible things that the Paras endured, and the terrible things that some of them did, but it is also about the white working class of the 1970s and why some men born into this class ended up marching across an island that most of them had never heard of.

Baietii nostri aduc la viata experientele umane ale parasutistilor care au luptat in razboiul Falkland si examineaza multele consecinte ale conflictului. Este o premiera din multe puncte de vedere - o istorie a Regimentului parasutist, un grup cu o reputatie de elita si agresiva; un studiu al luptei din apropiere pe insulele Falkland; si o explorare a numeroaselor mosteniri ale acestui razboi scurt si simbolic. Povestit cu nerabdare prin experientele oamenilor care l-au trait, Baietii nostri arata cum conflictul din Falkland a inceput sa schimbe relatia Marii Britanii cu soldatii sai, si atitudinile noastre fata de traume si razboiul in sine .