Cold War in a Hot Zone: The United States Confronts Labor and Independence Struggles in the British West Indies

By Gerald C. Horne and Gerald Horne

Book Overview

Focused on the region as a whole and drawing from archives in Jamaica, Trinidad, Barbados, Guyana, St. Kitts, Antigua, the U.S. and U.K., this book details the region's impact on the U.S. (particularly on Jim Crow), as it charts the British Empire's retreat in the face of a challenge from Washington.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1592136273
• ISBN13: 9781592136278
• Release Date: June 2007
• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 9.0" x 6.4"