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Author : Mark Adkin
Release : 1989
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Urgent Fury by : Mark Adkin
Download or read book Urgent Fury written by Mark Adkin. This book was released on 1989. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Philip Kukielski
Release : 2020-01-03
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis The U.S. Invasion of Grenada by : Philip Kukielski
Download or read book The U.S. Invasion of Grenada written by Philip Kukielski. This book was released on 2020-01-03. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 an overdue reconsideration of Operation Urgent Fury, based on historical evidence that only recently has been revealed in declassified documents, oral history interviews and memoir accounts. This 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 intervention was hastily drafted, many snafus and accidents marked the chaotic initial days of the operation. Inevitably it fell to individual soldiers, aviators and sailors to perform heroic acts to make up for faulty intelligence, inadequate communication or poor coordination. This work recounts their inspiring, underreported stories in filling out a more complete portrait of Operation Urgent Fury. The final chapter recounts the invasion's aftereffects, especially the unexpected role it played in Congressional reform of the military for future combat in the Middle East.
Author : Ronald H. Cole
Release : 1997
Genre : Grenada
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Book Synopsis Operation Urgent Fury by : Ronald H. Cole
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Author : Stephen Trujillo
Release : 2017-10-24
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis A Tale of the Grenada Raiders by : Stephen Trujillo
Download or read book A Tale of the Grenada Raiders written by Stephen Trujillo. This book was released on 2017-10-24. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An airborne Ranger's memoir of the Grenada invasion, Operation Urgent Fury. On October 25, 1983, Rangers from the 1st and 2d Ranger Battalions parachuted into the teeth of the Cuban defenses on revolutionary Grenada. This account of the combat jump, the battles to seize the airfield at Point Salines, the evacuation of American students at Grand Anse, and a raid against the Cuban barracks at Point Calivigny is told for the first time by a participant. Richly illustrated. Corrected edition.
Author : Michael Julius King
Release : 1985
Genre : Government publications
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Book Synopsis Rangers by : Michael Julius King
Download or read book Rangers written by Michael Julius King. This book was released on 1985. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Leavenworth Paper is a critical reconstruction of World War II Ranger operations conducted at or near Djebel el Ank, Tunisia; Porto Empedocle, Sicily; Cisterna, Italy; Zerf, Germany; and Cabanatuan in the Philippines. It is not intended to be a comprehensive account of World War II Ranger operations, for such a study would have to include numerous minor actions that are too poorly documented to be studied to advantage. It is, however, representative for it examines several types of operations conducted against the troops of three enemy nations in a variety of physical and tactical environments. As such, it draws a wide range of lessons useful to combat leaders who may have to conduct such operations or be on guard against them in the future. Many factors determined the outcomes of the operations featured in this Leavenworth Paper, and of these there are four that are important enough to merit special emphasis. These are surprise, the quality of opposing forces, the success of friendly forces with which the Rangers were cooperating, and popular support.
