This book examines the operation of American invasion-code-named "Urgent Fury"- in Grenada, with emphasis on the combat operations, indications and warning, and U.S. decision-making. It discusses media coverage of the invasion and considers the implications of the American intervention.

Why did the United States invade the sovereign state of Grenada in October 1983, risking world condemnation and the possible escalation of violence outside the borders of the tiny Caribbean island? According to the contributors to this book, the invasion-code-named "Urgent Fury"--was a product of the increasing concern with political instability in

A new and controversial biography of Sir Francis Bacon succinctly putting forward the theory that he was one of Elizabeths illegitimate offspring and the writer of Shakespeares plays.