The U.S. invasion of Grenada : legacy of a flawed victory / Philip Kukielski.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kukielski, Philip, 1948- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grenada--History--American Invasion, 1983.

Grenada.

United States--Armed Forces--Grenada.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 256 pages) : illustrations, maps

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2019]

Summary:

"In the fall of 1983, arguably the coldest year of the decades-long Cold War, the world's greatest superpower invaded Grenada, a Marxist-led Caribbean nation the size of Atlanta. Why and how this unlikely one-week war was waged was shrouded in secrecy at the time-and has remained so ever since. This book is a long overdue scholarly reconsideration of Operation Urgent Fury, based on historical evidence that only recently has been revealed in declassified documents, unheralded oral history interviews and unnoticed memoir accounts. This curated telling also offers a fresh view of the subject by unspooling the tangled story of the invasion in an accessible style. A chronological narrative emphasizes the human dimension of a sudden crisis now regarded as the greatest foreign policy challenge of President Ronald Reagan's first term. Because the American response was hastily drafted, many snafus and accidents marked the chaotic initial days of the operation when the international press was forcibly denied access to the battlefields by U.S. forces. Inevitably it fell to individual soldiers, aviators and sailors to correct situations arising from faulty intelligence, excessive secrecy or poor coordination. This work recounts their inspiring, underreported stories in filling out a more complete picture of the Grenada invasion."-Provided by publisher. Provided by publisher.

Contents:

39 Hours to "Go"

Everyone Goes Late

Nine Chalks to Chaos

SEALs Besieged

Rangers Seize Salines

Rescuing the Rescuers

Rescuing the Students

The Enemy Is Us

The Enemy Is the Media

The Enemy Is Cuba

The Route to Intervention

Securing the Victory.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-247) and index.

ISBN:

1-4766-3832-2