Our Boys

Helen Parr’s Our Boys is a moving and meticulously researched history of British paratroopers in the Falklands War. Parr combines oral histories, archival material, and personal narrative — her uncle was among the fallen — to explore the emotional and political dimensions of the conflict. The book captures both the camaraderie and the trauma of soldiering, while interrogating the political decisions that sent young men to war. Parr writes with clarity, compassion, and moral seriousness. It is a powerful meditation on sacrifice, memory, and the human cost of geopolitical conflict.