Turning Point: How the Invasion of Grenada Led to the Fall of the Soviet Union and the End of the Cold War
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
Turning Point: How the Invasion of Grenada Led to the Fall of the Soviet Union and the End of the Cold War
By (Author) John Bachman
Edited by Craig Shirley
Humanix Books
Humanix Books
30th July 2025
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Politics and government
Political structures: totalitarianism and dictatorship
Peace studies and conflict resolution
Nationalism
Warfare and defence
Political structures: democracy
Left-of-centre democratic ideologies
Far-left political ideologies and movements
Military history
Physical Properties
Hardback
256
Width 152mm, Height 228mm
Description
THE UNTOLD STORY OF REAGAN, THATCHER, THE INVASION OF GRENADA AND THE BEGINNING OF THE END OF THE COLD WAR
How Reagan reignited the foreign policy principles that made America a shining city upon a hill.
On October 25th,1983 President Ronald Reagan launched one of the most successful invasions in modern American history. In four days, Operation Urgent Fury successfully liberated the Island of Grenada from communist forces and reinstated the democratically elected government. It was the first major American operation since Vietnam and the first victorious major military operation since World War II. And this monumental task almost came at the cost of the most important Cold War alliance: that between President Reagan and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. The urgency of action meant that the Prime Minister and close American ally was left out of the loop, publicly embarrassing for her and straining their relationship.
TURNING POINT:How the U.S. LIberation of Grenada Led to the Fall of the Soviet Union and the End of the Cold Warreveals how America was able to invade a country, liberate it from a corrupt government that threatened stability in the Western hemisphere, and leave the potential for a prosperous future in the hands of its own people; it explores the greater picture of how Reagan avoided succumbing to interventionist nation-building and becoming an occupying force.
President Reagans strategic success helped bring an end to the Cold War and is a much needed lesson for current American foreign policy.
Author Bio
JOHN BACHMAN (BOCA RATON, FLORIDA)is the host ofJOHN BACHMAN NOWon NEWSMAX and an award winning journalist who has worked for more than a decade as a TV news producer, reporter, and anchor. He started as an intern at Fox 5 in Atlanta, then moved to WRDW in Augusta, GA, and then on to WPEC in West Palm Beach, Florida, and joined NEWSMAX in 2011. Bachman has also covered special assignments for CBS News, CNN, and Fox, and since joining Newsmax in 2011, Bachman has traveled the country and won an award for theHEROESdocumentary he wrote and produced for NEWSMAX to commemorate the heroic acts of twenty-five ordinary Americans.
The author lives and works in Boca Raton, Florida.
