Us-Grenada Relations: Revolution and Intervention in the Backyard

By Gary Williams and G Williams Ed

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349534560
• ISBN13: 9781349534562
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 298 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"