Last of eight documentaries about diplomacy over the Falkland Islands from the mid-1960s until 1982

"What the hell's the point in having a navy if you aren't prepared to do anything with it?" (Admiral of the Fleet, Sir Henry Leach)

Michael Charlton examines why, in the end, there was no arbiter other than war in the long struggle for the Falklands.

With Rear Admiral Gualter Allara, Sir Nicholas Henderson, Admiral Sir Henry Leach, Admiral Lord Lewin, The Rt Hon Richard Luce, Sir Anthony Parsons, Javier Perez de Cuellar, The Rt Hon Francis Pym and Sir Anthony Williams