The Grenada Revolution: What Really Happened?

by Bernard Coard

Overview

"A PAGE-TURNING WHO-DONE-IT. A MUST READ!" (Horace Levy, Sociologist, University Lecturer, Civil Society activist and Journalist, Jamaica) Finally, the inside story: honest, self-critical, and based on a wealth of credible and independent documentation. Bernard Coard reveals in dramatic detail the factors, forces and personalities which cumulatively led to deepening crisis within the Grenada Revolution and ultimately to wholesale tragedy. Bernard Coard, United States and British trained economist and university lecturer, played a leading role in the NJM and in the People's Revolutionary Government of Grenada. His experience, including 26 years as a political prisoner, offers a unique insight into the causes, course, and finally the implosion of the Revolution.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781542657525
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	06/29/2017
Series:	Grenada Revolution , #1
Pages:	370
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.77(d)

About the Author

Bernard Coard, United States and British trained economist and university lecturer, played a leading role in the NJM and in the People's Revolutionary Government of Grenada. His experience, including 26 years as a political prisoner, offers a unique insight into the causes, course, and finally the implosion of the Revolution.

Table of Contents

About This Book ix

Acronyms xix

Acknowledgments xiii

Maps xix

Part 1 Seeds of Disaster

1 Reagan's Demands, the PRG's Reply 3

2 Strike & Counter-Strike 13

3 Cuba-Grenada Differences 21

4 The Man with Flashing Glasses 28

5 I Make an Enemy 35

6 The Rise & Fall of Vince Noel 40

7 Setting up a Cuban Military Detachment 46

8 A Powerful Rebuke from Fidel Castro 48

9 Seeds of Swelling Ambition 51

10 A Disastrous Meeting in Havana 57

11 Fidel Explodes 61

12 Growing Organizational Crisis 65

13 A Fatal Party Decision 71

14 NJM Women Challenge the Leadership 76

15 Prelude to Crisis: Maurice & Me 82

16 Growing Conflict 87

17 The CC takes Major Decisions 99

18 Efforts to Forestall a US Invasion 106

19 Efforts to Break the Cuban Military Monopoly 109

20 "A Threat to the National Security of the United States" 114

21 Maurice Visits the American People 119

22 "The Party Faces the Threat of Disintegration" 124

Part 2 Crisis

23 The Revolution's Turning Point 137

24 Genesis of the Joint Leadership Proposal 143

25 Maurice, Me, & the CC Majority 152

26 Summoned to the CC 157

27 Facing Opposite Directions 164

28 Maurice & I Talk About the Crisis 167

29 Maurice Meets with the Party Membership 172

30 Alarming Developments 188

31 "Blood Will Flow" 193

32 Cold War 198

33 The Rumour 200

34 House Arrest 207

35 Emergency General Meeting 212

36 "No Bishop, No Revolution!" 219

37 What Will The Cubans Do? 223

38 Point of No Return 227

39 Rethinking Maurice's Position 235

40 The Eve of Catastrophe 242

Part 3 Catastrophe

41 Gathering Storm 259

42 The Capture of Army Headquarters 275

43 The Killing of a Revolution 299

Author's Note: Sources for the Events of October 19, 1983 316

Selected Bibliography 325

Forthcoming Volumes 331

About The Author 337

The Painting 339

Index 341

List of Fiugres

1 The State of Grenada xix

2 The Town of Sc George's xx

3 Maurice and Bernard jointly leading a demonstration 132

4 Maurice and Bernard in consultation 133

5 … and sharing a joke 134

6 Bernard meeting residents before a Parish Council meeting 253

7 Richmond Hill Ridge 254

8 Fort Rupert 255

9 Church Street in the Town of St George's 256