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Grenada - grĭnāˈdə, independent state within the Commonwealth of Nations (1995 est. pop. 94,000), 133 sq mi (344 sq km), in the Windward Islands, West Indies. The state includes the island of Grenada (120 sq mi/311 sq km) and the southern half of the archipelago known as the Grenadines, a group of largely uninhabitable small islands and islets north of Grenada in the

The capital, main port, and commercial center is Saint George's. Its people are of mainly African descent and speak English, the official language, or a French patois. Over 50% of the inhabitants are Roman Catholics; the balance is mainly Protestant, with Anglicanism the dominant denomination. Administratively, there are six parishes and one dependency. Grenada's economy is primarily agricultural, and cocoa, bananas, nutmeg, mace, and fruit are exported. Tourism is a developing industry.

Governed under the constitution of 1973, Grenada has a bicameral legislature with a 15-member elected house of representatives and a 13-member appointed senate. The executive branch consists of a cabinet, led by a prime minister. The British sovereign is represented by a governor-general.

History

From its sighting by Christopher Columbus in 1498 until French settlement began in 1650, the indigenous Caribs prevented European colonization on Grenada. A point of dispute between England and France, the island became permanently British in 1783. The British colonists imported African slaves and established sugar plantations. In 1967, Grenada became an associated state of Britain with full internal self-government. When complete independence was achieved in Feb., 1974, Grenada became a full member of the Commonwealth of Nations.

In 1979 a successful, bloodless coup established the People's Revolutionary Government (PRG) under Prime Minister Maurice Bishop. This government's Marxist leanings and favorable stance toward Cuba and the Soviet Union strained relations with the United States and other nations in the region. In Oct., 1983, after Bishop and his associates were assassinated by more hard-line radicals within his own movement, the United States, with token forces from other Caribbean nations, invaded and occupied Grenada. A general election held in Dec., 1984, reestablished democratic government, with Herbert Blaize as prime minister. In the following decade Grenada received aid from Western nations; tourism expanded, but in other respects the economy did not appear to improve. After elections in June, 1995, Keith Mitchell, leader of the New National Party, became prime minister.

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The Grenada Invasion: Politics, Law, and Foreign Policy Decisionmaking » Read Now
by Robert J. Beck. 263 pgs.

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...Thatcher"," Documents on the Invasion of Grenada, Caribbean Monthly Bulletin...Isaak I. Dore , "The US Invasion of Grenada: Resurrection of the Johnson...Quigley, "The...
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The United States Action in Grenada, in American Journal of International Law » Read Now
by Christopher C. Joyner, John Norton Moore, Detlev F. Vagts. 45 pgs.

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...REFLECTIONS ON THE LAWFULNESS OF INVASION Grenada is a micro-state located in...region. In sum, a successful invasion of Grenada would both rescue U.S. nationals...exists...
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Grenada: Low-Intensity Conflict and the Use of U.S. Military Power, in World Affairs » Read Now
by James Berry Motley. 18 pgs.

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...security environment. The invasion of Grenada is the latest in a series of...prerequisite for policy. The invasion of Grenada by U.S. military forces revealed...wounded...
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Revolution and Intervention in Grenada: The New Jewel Movement, the United States, and the Caribbean » Read Now
by Richard A. Melanson, Kai P. Schoenhals. 212 pgs.

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...Reaction to the Grenada Invasion 162...The murder of Grenadian...would become of post revolutionary, post invasion Grenada? In this...mercenary invasions by phantom...down...
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Grenada and Soviet/Cuban Policy: Internal Crisis and U.S./OECS Intervention ("Grenada: Linkage and Impact on the Third World: Third World Reactions to the Invasion of Grenada" begins on p. 152) » Read Now
by Jiri Valenta, Herbert J. Ellison. 501 pgs.

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United States Policy in Latin America: A Decade of Crisis and Challenge ("The Grenada Invasion: Approaches to Understanding" begins on p. 58) » Read Now
by John D. Martz. 414 pgs.

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The Reagan record-the man, the administration, the internal political wars, and the lack of coordination-is thoroughly explicated. The Bush administration, including the Panamanian intervention, is also analyzed. Bilateral relations are illuminated in the essays concerning Cuba, Mexico, and Brazil...
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The Reagan record-the man, the administration, the internal political wars, and the lack of coordination-is thoroughly explicated. The Bush administration, including the Panamanian intervention, is also analyzed. Bilateral relations are illuminated in the essays concerning Cuba, Mexico, and Brazil. Throughout, the writers look to the future to warn us not to dismiss the importance of these countries.
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Revolutionary Grenada: A Study in Political Economy » Read Now
by Frederic L. Pryor. 400 pgs.

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...Dictionaries define an invasion as an "incursion of an army for conquest...Fedoseev, et al., Grenada: Historia, Revolucion...OShaughnessy , Grenada: Revolution, Invasion...
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The Reagan Wars: A Constitutional Perspective on War Powers and the Presidency (Chap. 6 "Grenada, 1983: Operation Urgent Fury") » Read Now
by David Locke Hall. 284 pgs.

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Grenada as Theater, in World Policy Journal » Read Now
by Eldon Kenworthy. 17 pgs.

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...President Reagan, on announcing the invasion of Grenada . . . our days of weakness are...happened on the island -- "In Wake of Invasion, Much Official...
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Raiders Or Elite Infantry? The Changing Role of the U.S. Army Rangers from Dieppe to Grenada » Read Now
by David W. Hogan Jr. 272 pgs.

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This landmark study examines the nature and purpose of the U.S. Army Rangers over the past fifty years and shows how they have been used as scouts, raiders, assault troops, and elite infantry. This provocative study describes how Rangers served their country during World War II. Hogan, an historian...
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This landmark study examines the nature and purpose of the U.S. Army Rangers over the past fifty years and shows how they have been used as scouts, raiders, assault troops, and elite infantry. This provocative study describes how Rangers served their country during World War II. Hogan, an historian with the U.S. Army Center of Military History, also traces the development of Ranger raider units in Korea, the role of Green Berets in Vietnam, in Grenada, and in terrorist attacks and new combat situations today. Photographs, maps, and a thorough bibliographic essay add to the usefulness of the study.
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The Gorrion Tree: Cuba and the Grenada Revolution » Read Now
by John Walton Cotman. 274 pgs.

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...Washingtons 1983 invasion of Grenada the U.S. Department...After the U.S. invasion documents of the PRG, NJM...personnel on Grenada were shipped...Thorndike , Grenada:...
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Debating War and Peace: Media Coverage of U.S. Intervention in the Post-Vietnam Era (Chap. 3 "Grenada and Panama") » Read Now
by Jonathan Mermin. 159 pgs.

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The First Amendment ideal of an independent press allows American journalists to present critical perspectives on government policies and actions; but are the media independent of government in practice? Here Jonathan Mermin demonstrates that when it comes to military intervention, journalists over...
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The First Amendment ideal of an independent press allows American journalists to present critical perspectives on government policies and actions; but are the media independent of government in practice? Here Jonathan Mermin demonstrates that when it comes to military intervention, journalists over the past two decades have let the government itself set the terms and boundaries of foreign policy debate in the news. Analyzing newspaper and television reporting of U.S. intervention in Grenada and Panama, the bombing of Libya, the Gulf War, and U.S. actions in Somalia and Haiti, he shows that if there is no debate over U.S. policy in Washington, there is no debate in the news. Journalists often criticize the execution of U.S. policy, but fail to offer critical analysis of the policy itself if actors inside the government have not challenged it. Mermin ultimately offers concrete evidence of outside-Washington perspectives that could have been reported in specific cases, and explains how the press could increase its independence of Washington in reporting foreign policy news.
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European Press Coverage of the Grenada Crisis, in Journal of Communication » Read Now
by Jan Servaes. 14 pgs.

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...justification for the U.S. invasion of Grenada in October 1983: "We got there...especially Nicaragua, the invasion of Grenada recalled earlier big stick...the European...