Turning Point

How the Invasion of Grenada Led to the Fall of the Soviet Union and the End of the Cold War

John Bachman (Autor)

Craig Shirley (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

256 Seiten

2026
Humanix Books (Verlag)
9781630062880 (ISBN)

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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 Reagan Liberated Grenada and Won the Cold War reveals 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 Reagan’s strategic success helped bring an end to the Cold War and is a much needed lesson for current American foreign policy.

JOHN BACHMAN (BOCA RATON, FLORIDA) is the host of NEWSMAX John Bachman Now and an award-winning journalist who has worked for more than two decades 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 covered special assignments for CBS News, CNN, and Fox. Since joining NEWSMAX in 2011, Bachman has traveled throughout the United States and the world and won an award for the NEWSMAX HEROES documentary he wrote and produced, to commemorate the heroic acts of twenty-five ordinary Americans. The author lives with his wife, Ariel, and three children in Tequesta, Florida. For more information, visit https://www.newsmaxtv.com/n2 .

TABLE OF CONTENTS to TURNING POINT: How Reagan Liberated Grenada and Won the Cold War by John Bachman

“Every president has to make sure that his secretary of state understands who is the president and who is the secretary of state”

—Dean Rusk

PART 1

THE SPREAD OF MARXISM IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE

Somoza’s Assassintion and the Fall of Nicaragua
Grenada’s Bloodless Revolution
Mexico’s Tilt Towards Marxism
A Warning From Congress

REAGAN’S ELECTION

One Debate For All The Marbles
Why Reagan Ran, Again
The 1980 GOP Primary
President Carter's Primary Challenges
The Transition and the End of the Iran Hostage Crisis
Carter And El Salvador
The Inauguration
Reagan’s First Televised Press Conference

THE RESIGNATION OF AL HAIG

“The Meanest Son of Bitch”
“I’m In Control Here
The Beginning of the End
“Remember, Everyone Stock Up on Vodka.”
A “Nightmare” Trip to Europe & the 1982 War in Lebanon
China and Taiwan
The Final Straw

SOVIET GERONTOCRACY

The Ghosts of Stalin’s Purge
Redefining Detente
Star Wars: The Strategic Defense Initiaitive
Operation RYAN
Soviet Response to The Strategic Defense Initiative
Korean Air Lines Flight 007
A Nuclear Scare

PART 2

GRENADA’s DAYS OF TERROR

Flashpoint: Grenada
A Crisis Erupts - The Assassination Of Maurice Bishop
Bernard Coard’s Back Story
The Cuban Connection
Days Of “Terror”

A HOSTAGE CRISIS IN AUGUSTA

Oct. 22, 1983
Contingency Plans
Skeptics

THE MARINE BARRACKS BOMBING IN BEIRUT

Oct 23rd, 1983
Margaret Thatcher Warns Reagan not to invade
Bud McFarlane

THE SPECIAL FRIENDSHIP

1967 Thatcher Tours the US, Reagan’s California U.S. Itinerary
The Falklands War Reagan Calls for Ceasefire but the Iron Lady will have none of it
March 1983 The New Jewel Marxists started complaining about “U.S. Aggression”

PART 3

D-DAY MINUS 1

SEAL Team 6’s First Mission Starts with Tragedy
The 82nd Airborne gets ready for “something”
The Green Light

D-DAY

Operation Urgent Fury
The “heavy” Fog of War

D DAY PLUS 1

A NATION WITH GLOBAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Flipping The Script
Top Gun Recruiting
Reagan’s October 27th, 1983 Speech

THE APOLOGY & THE GOODBYE

“Don’t Go Wobbly”
Margaret Thatcher’s Eulogy of Reagan

Erscheint lt. Verlag	19.3.2026
Zusatzinfo	Illustrations
Verlagsort	Boca Raton, FL
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 228 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
ISBN-13	9781630062880 / 9781630062880
Zustand	Neuware