A Strategy for an United Caribbean Defence.

Abstract

The Caribbean is an area of the world that historically has had a turbulent past. For centuries the European colonial powers fought over its possession. In today's bipolar world the struggle goes on still, but now another dimension has been added - ideology. Additionally other problems confront these countries. Some of these problems are: drugs and arms trafficking, interference in internal affairs by outside agencies and super powers, subversion, attempts at coups, difficulties in monitoring their relatively vast marine EEZs and the inability of governments to satisfy national expectations. In such situations the nations of the region find it increasingly difficult to maintain their sovereignty. This paper takes a look at the region which sits astride major trade routes and very important sea lines of communication, a region that is geographically most strategically positioned and suggests a strategy for an united defence.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 29, 1988
Accession Number
ADA194052

Entities

People

  • Hugh V. Vidal

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Coast Guard
  • Commerce
  • Employment
  • Governments
  • International Relations
  • Monitoring
  • National Security
  • Petroleum
  • Regional Security
  • Sea Lines Of Communications
  • Security
  • Societies
  • Training
  • United States
  • Virgin Islands
  • War Colleges

Readers

  • Asian Economic Studies
  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.
  • Strategic Security Studies