@article{TSIKLAURI_2016, title={Operation Urgent Fury: The Role of American Diplomacy in the U.S. Invasion of Grenada}, volume={5}, url={https://jh.ibsu.edu.ge/jms/index.php/SJH/article/view/339}, DOI={10.31578/hum.v5i1.339}, abstractNote={<p>This article explores the role of American diplomacy during the Grenada crisis in October<br />1983. Although the invasion is usually viewed as a military operation, American diplomats<br />spearheaded the decision. George Shultz, Secretary of State at the time, argued in his memoir<br />that the entire Grenada operation was driven by the State Department. Following a coup<br />on the island staged by an extreme Marxist group and subsequent murder of Prime Minster<br />Bishop and some of his government members, a shoot-on-site curfew was declared and the<br />situation was becoming chaotic; endangering hundreds of American medical students in Grenada.<br />The U.S. request to facilitate the students’ evacuation was not met by the Grenadian<br />authorities. The Organization of East Caribbean States members, fearing that the Grenadian<br />scenario could affect their countries, formally requested the United States to intervene militarily.<br />In response, President Reagan authorized military intervention. The American diplomats<br />were assigned a role of civilian control on the island during and after the invasion and facilitated<br />the peaceful evacuation of the American students. The U.S. military left the island shortly<br />thereafter, and the Governor General appointed the Provisional Government. In one year the<br />Grenadians held the Parliamentary elections and elected a new government</p>}, number={1}, journal={Journal in Humanities}, author={TSIKLAURI, Gigi}, year={2016}, month={Aug.}, pages={59–62} }