Langbeschreibung
According to the contributors to this book, the invasion-code-named "Urgent Fury"--was a product of the increasing concern with political instability in Central America in general and especially with the potential for communist destabilization of the region.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Westview Special Studies -- Preface -- The Setting -- U.S. Policy Toward the Caribbean: Continuity and Change -- The Effects of Culture on Cuban Influence in Grenada -- Soviet Involvement in the Caribbean Basin -- Grenada: Indications, Warning, and the U.S. Response -- Policy Without Intelligence -- A Decision Theoretic Analysis of the Reagan Administration's Decision to Invade Grenada -- Amphibious Aspects of the Grenada Episode -- Urgent Fury: The U.S. Army in Grenada -- Grenada and the News Media -- Grenada in Retrospect -- A Chronology of Events Concerning Grenada