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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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  1. Cover
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  1. Title Page, Copyright
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  1. Contents
  2. pp. v-vi
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  1. Foreword
  2. pp. vii-x
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  1. Acknowledgments
  2. pp. xi-xii
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  1. 1. Introduction
  2. Wendy C. Grenade
  3. pp. 3-10
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  1. PART I: Historicizing Grenada
  1. 2. Grenada, 1949–1979: Precursor to Revolution
  2. Curtis Jacobs
  3. pp. 13-36
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  1. 3. Grenada: Socioeconomic Overview, 1960–2012
  2. Kari H. I. Grenade
  3. pp. 37-56
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  1. PART II: Insiders' Perspectives on the Grenada Revolution
  1. 4. A Retrospective View from Richmond Hill: An Interview with Bernard Coard
  2. Wendy C. Grenade
  3. pp. 59-86
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  1. 5. Grenada Once Again: Revisiting the 1983 Crisis and Collapse of the Grenada Revolution
  2. Brian Meeks
  3. pp. 87-113
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  1. 6. Remembering October 19: Reconstructing a Conversation with a Young Female NJM Candidate Member about Her Recollections of October 19, 1983
  2. Patsy Lewis
  3. pp. 114-118
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  1. PART III: Theoretical Critiques of the Grenada Revolution and Lessons for the Future
  1. 7. Grenada: Noncapitalist Path and the Derailment of a Social Democratic Revolution
  2. Hilbourne A. Watson
  3. pp. 121-151
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  1. 8. C.L.R. James and the Grenada Revolution: Lessons Learned and Future Possibilities
  2. Tennyson S. D. Joseph
  3. pp. 152-178
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  1. 9. The Challenges for Revolutionary Change in the Caribbean
  2. Horace G. Campbell
  3. pp. 179-210
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  1. PART IV: The Caribbean Left, Party Politics, and Political Transitions in Grenada
  1. 10. The Grenada Revolution and the Caribbean Left: The Case of the Guyana Working People's Alliance
  2. David Hinds
  3. pp. 213-240
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  1. 11. Exploring Transitions in Party Politics in Grenada, 1984–2013
  2. Wendy C. Grenade
  3. pp. 241-263
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  1. 12. The Spirit and Ideas of Maurice Bishop Are Alive in Our Caribbean Civilization
  2. pp. 264-274
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  1. Contributors
  2. pp. 275-278
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  1. Credits
  2. pp. 279-280
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  1. Index
  2. pp. 281-284
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