American Actions in the Dominican Republic and Grenada.

Abstract

This thesis focuses on US actions in the Dominican Republic in 1965 and in Grenada in 1983. Both of these incidents involving US military action in minor Carribbean island nations undergoing violent political revolutions. These two incidents are compared and contrasted for policy similarities applicable to revolutionary regimes in Latin America and Caribbean basin. The specific areas addressed are similarities and differences in each situation regarding the motivations and objectives of the US national leadership, international and domestic repercussions of each action, and military objectives and method of application in each case. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1985
Accession Number
ADA159014

Entities

People

  • K. L. Brownlee

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Central America
  • Communism
  • Department Of State
  • Dominican Republic
  • Foreign Policy
  • Geography
  • Governments
  • International Organizations
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Naval Warfare
  • New York
  • Political Systems
  • Revolutions
  • Security
  • United States
  • Ussr

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.
  • Strategic Security Studies