Operation Urgent Fury: The Invasion of Grenada, October 1983

Operation Urgent Fury: The Invasion of Grenada, October 1983
ISBN-10
0160817358
ISBN-13
9780160817359
Category
History / United States / 20th Century
Pages
38
Language
English
Published
2008-10-24
Publisher
United States Department of Defense
Author
Richard Winship Stewart

Description

The brochure tells the story of the U.S. Army's "no-notice" joint force contingency operation on the island of Grenada. Because of a deteriorating political situation on Grenada after the deposing and execution of the leader of the government by its own military, the perceived need to deal firmly with Soviet and Cuban influence in the Caribbean, and the potential for several hundred U.S. citizens becoming hostages, the Ronald W. Reagan administration launched an invasion of the island with only a few days for the military to plan operations. While the U.S. military's capabilities were never in doubt, the unexpectedly strong Cuban and Grenadian resistance in the first two days of the operation and the host of American military errors in planning, intelligence, communications, and logistics highlighted the dangers of even small contingency operations. As the first joint operation attempted since the end of the Vietnam War, the invasion of Grenada also underscored the problems the U.S. Army faced in trying to work in a joint environment with its Air Force, Navy, and Marine counterparts.

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