Grenada : revolution and invasion / edited by Patsy Lewis, Gary Williams, Peter Clegg. PRINT
Jamaica : University of the West Indies Press, 2015�2015Description: ix, 268 pages ; 23 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9766405557
- 9789766405557
- American Invasion of Grenada (1983)
- Coup d'�etat (Grenada : 1979)
- Since 1945
- Diplomatic relations
- Politics and government
- Invasion
- Grenada -- Politics and government -- 1974-1983
- Grenada -- Politics and government -- 1983-
- Caribbean Area -- Foreign relations -- 1945-
- Grenada -- History -- Coup d'�etat, 1979
- Grenada -- History -- American Invasion, 1983
- Caribbean Area
- Grenada
- 972.9845 Ja Gre 23
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National Library of Jamaica | Jamaican | Rare Books Floor | 972.9845 Ja Gre (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 1000000199024 | ||
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National Library of Jamaica | Rare Books Floor | 972.9845, Ja Gre (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 1000000038685 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-266).
Introduction: Grenada: revolution and invasion in perspective / Patsy Lewis, Gary Williams and Peter Clegg -- What happened? Grenada: a retrospective journey / Merle Collins -- Women in the Grenada Revolution, 1979-1983 / Nicole Phillip-Dowe -- The revolution and its discontents: Grenadian newspapers and attempts to shape public opinion during political transition / Laurie R. Lambert -- Ferrets in the Caribbean: Britain, Grenada and the curious case of the armoured cars / Gary Williams -- The "Grenada diaries" / Richard Hart -- A response to Edward Seaga's The Grenada Intervention: The Inside Story / Patsy Lewis -- The Grenada invasion, international law and the scoon invitation: a thirty year retrospective / Robert J. Beck -- Journalism and the invasion of Grenada thirty years on: a retrospective / Howard Tumber -- The United States in the Caribbean: thirty years after American fury / Sir Shridath Ramphal -- Written into amnesia? The truth and reconciliation commission to Grenada / Jermaine O. McCalpin -- Party politics and governance in Grenada: an analysis of the New National Party (1984-2012) / Wendy C. Grenade -- Coming in from the cold: Grenada and Cuba since 1983 / John Walton Cotman.
"Grenada: Revolution and Invasion, edited by Patsy Lewis, Gary Williams and Peter Clegg, was recently published by the University of the West Indies Press. This volume presents a wide-ranging collection of essays by academics in the Caribbean, the United Kingdom and the United States, each with a unique perspective on the revolution and its effects. The editors of this book succinctly capture the Grenada events of 1979-1983, especially the revolution's tragic demise, which brought the country to the world stage." -- From publisher's description
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