Gunboat Democracy: U.S. Interventions in the Dominican Republic, Grenada, and Panama
by Russell Crandall
from Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
In this balanced and thought-provoking study, Russell Crandall examines the American decision to intervene militarily in three key episodes in American foreign policy; the Dominican Republic, Grenada, and Panama. Drawing upon previously classified intelligence sources and interviews with policymakers, Crandall analyzes the complex deliberations and motives behind military intervention in each case. He argues that in all three instances, the decision to intervene was driven by a perceived threat to American national security. Visit our website for sample chapters!
A-Z of Grenada Heritage (Macmillian Caribbean a-Z)
by John Angus Martin
from MacMillan Caribbean
Recent tragic political events have propelled the tiny Caribbean islands of Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique into the affairs of Superpowers. Within the last two decades more books have been written on Grenada than in its entire history. Far more than just being an account of the political history of the island, A-Z of Grenada provides a fascinating examination of the island, incorporating the varied and frequently ignored aspects of the culture, history, and natural environment of the island.
Grenada: Island of Conflict
by George I. Brizan
from Macmillan Caribbean
Maurice Bishop Speaks: The Grenada Revolution and Its Overthrow 1979-83
by Bruce Marcus
from Pathfinder Press (NY)
The triumph of the 1979 revolution in the Caribbean island of Grenada had "importance for all struggles around the world," said Maurice Bishop, its central leader. Invaluable lessons from that workers and farmers government, overturned in a Stalinist-led coup in 1983, can be found in this collection of Bishop's speeches and interviews.
New International
by Steve Clark
from Pathfinder Press (NY)
The Second Assassination of Maurice Bishop reviews the accomplishments of the 1979-83 revolution in the Caribbean island of Grenada. Explains the roots of the 1983 coup that led to the murder of revolutionary leader Maurice Bishop, and to the destruction of the workers and farmers government by a Stalinist political faction within the governing New Jewel Movement. Also in New International no. 6: Washington's 50-year Domestic Contra Operation by Larry Seigle Land, Labor, and the Canadian Revolution by Michel Dugré Renewal or Death: Cuba's Rectification Process, two speeches by Fidel Castro
Urgent Fury: The Battle for Grenada (Issues in Low Intensity Conflict)
Grenada: A History of Its People (Island Histories)
by Beverley A. Steele
from MacMillan Caribbean
This book blends up to date scholarship from primary sources with fascinating detail of its people and their often turbulent struggle for survival. It provides a detailed chronological historical anaylsis but focuses especially on the story and every day lives of its inhabitants from the earliest days of settlement to the overthrow, and execution, of the revolutionary Prime Minister Maurice Bishop in 1981, and beyond.
Carbbean Revolutions and Revolutionary Theory: An Assessment of Cuba, Nicaragua, and Grenada
by Brian Meeks
from University of the West Indies Press
Grenada: The Untold Story
by Gregory W. Sanford
from Madison Books
Grenada 1983 (Men-at-Arms)
by Lee Russell
from Osprey Publishing
On 21 October 1983, following the death of Prime Minister Maurice Bishop, the leaders of the six small nations forming the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States voted to intervene militarily to restore order in Grenada. As none possessed the forces necessary to carry out a successful operation, the United States, fearing for its citizens on the island, and wanting to curb Cuba's growing influence, decided to get involved. This book provides a day-by-day account of the US invasion of Grenada, focusing on the units and forces deployed. Numerous contemporary photographs and colour plates detail the uniforms and equipment of the US, Cuban and Caribbean forces.
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