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

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....

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kukielski, Philip, 1948- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2019]
Subjects:
Grenada > History > American Invasion, 1983.
United States > Armed Forces > Grenada.
Table of 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.