TY - BOOK AU - Lewis, Patsy, AU - Williams, Gary, AU - Clegg, Peter, TI - Grenada: revolution and invasion SN - 9766405557 U1 - 972.9845 Ja Gre 23 PY - 2015/// CY - Jamaica PB - University of the West Indies Press KW - American Invasion of Grenada (1983) KW - fast KW - Coup d'�etat (Grenada : 1979) KW - Diplomatic relations KW - LCSH KW - Politics and government KW - Invasion KW - Grenada KW - 1974-1983 KW - 1983- KW - Caribbean Area KW - Foreign relations KW - 1945- KW - History KW - Coup d'�etat, 1979 KW - American Invasion, 1983 N1 - 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 N2 - "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 ER -