The Grenada Revolution: Reflections and Lessons (Caribbean Studies Series) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1628461519 ISBN 13: 9781628461510

Publisher: University Press of Mississippi, 2015

Synopsis

Grenada experienced much turmoil in the 1970s and 1980s, culminating in an armed Marxist revolution, a bloody military coup, and finally in 1983 Operation Urgent Fury, a United States-led invasion. Wendy C. Grenade combines various perspectives to tell a Caribbean story about this revolution, weaving together historical accounts of slain Prime Minister Maurice Bishop, the New Jewel Leftist Movement, and contemporary analysis. There is much controversy. Though the Organization of American States formally requested intervention from President Ronald Reagan, world media coverage was largely negative and skeptical, if not baffled, by the action, which resulted in a rapid defeat and the deposition of the Revolutionary Military Council.

By examining the possibilities and contradictions of the Grenada Revolution, the contributors draw upon thirty years of hindsight to illuminate a crucial period of the Cold War. Beyond geopolitics, the book interrogates but transcends the nuances and peculiarities of Grenada’s political history to situate this revolution in its larger Caribbean and global context. In doing so, contributors seek to unsettle old debates while providing fresh understandings about a critical period in the Caribbean’s postcolonial experience. This collection throws into sharp focus the centrality of the Grenada Revolution, offering a timely contribution to Caribbean scholarship and to wider understanding of politics in small developing, postcolonial societies.

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About the Author

Wendy C. Grenade is lecturer of political science in the Department of Government, Sociology and Social Work, Faculty of Social Sciences, at the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Barbados. She has also authored several scholarly articles on politics in Grenada.

Edition details

• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1628461519
• ISBN 13: 9781628461510
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 320
• Editor: Grenade Wendy C.