Surgeon-Commander Rick Jolly commanded the Medical Squadron of the Royal Marines' Commando Logistic Regiment during the Falklands War, in charge of the joint Army, Navy and Marine field hospital at Ajax Bay. This is his memoir of the conflict and the years afterwards. An earlier edition was published as The Red and Green Life Machine.
In 1982 Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands; a Royal Navy task group was sent to take them back. This is the memoir of the task group's commander.