US-Grenada Relations [electronic resource] : Revolution and Intervention in the Backyard /
Williams, G.author.
Why did the world's strongest power intervene militarily in the tiny Commonwealth Caribbean island of Grenada in October 1983? This book focuses on United States-Grenada relations between 1979 and 1983 set against the wider historical context of US-Caribbean Basin relations. It presents an in-depth study of US policy during the Carter and Reagan presidencies and the deterioration of relations with the Marxist-Leninist People's Revolution Government (PRG) of Grenada. It considers in detail the murderous internal power struggle that destroyed the PRG and the decisionmaking process that resulted in a joint US-Caribbean military intervention.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 United States' Intervention in the Caribbean Basin; 2 Prelude to a Revolution; 3 Not in Anybody's Backyard: The Carter Years; 4 Splashing Dominoes: The Reagan Years; 5 Death of a Revolution: Prelude to an Intervention; 6 Days of Decision; 7 Planning an Intervention; Conclusion; Epilogue: ""A Lovely Piece of Real Estate"": Rebuilding Grenada; Appendix 1 Talking Points for Ambassador Ortiz, April 10, 1979
Appendix 2 Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States' Request for US Assistance in GrenadaAppendix 3 Letter from the Governor-General of Grenada to the Prime Minister of Barbados; Appendix 4 Dramatis Personae: March 1979-October 1983; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-290) and index.
Why did the world's strongest power intervene militarily in the tiny Commonwealth Caribbean island of Grenada in October 1983? This book focuses on United States-Grenada relations between 1979 and 1983 set against the wider historical context of US-Caribbean Basin relations. It presents an in-depth study of US policy during the Carter and Reagan presidencies and the deterioration of relations with the Marxist-Leninist People's Revolution Government (PRG) of Grenada. It considers in detail the murderous internal power struggle that destroyed the PRG and the decisionmaking process that resulted in a joint US-Caribbean military intervention.
Ethnology-Latin America.
Latin America-Politics and government.
America-History.
Sociology.
Globalization.
Latin American Culture.
Latin American Politics.
History of the Americas.
Sociology, general.
Globalization.