Intervention in the Caribbean (eBook)

The Dominican Crisis of 1965

General Bruce Palmer Jr. (Autor)

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2014
256 Seiten
The University Press of Kentucky (Verlag)
9780813150024 (ISBN)

Infos

The 1965 U.S. intervention in the Dominican Republic remains a unique event: the only time the Organization of American States has intervened with force on a member state's territory. It is also a classic example of a U.S. military operation that drew in America's hemispheric allies. Finally, its outcome was that rare feat in the annals of diplomacy-a peaceful political settlement of a civil war.Here for the first time is the full story of that action, as told by one of its leading participants. General Palmer was the U.S. Army's operations chief in Washington in April 1965 when the Dominican crisis broke, and was placed in command of U.S. forces deployed to the Republic. His perspective thus reflects both the perceptions of Washington officials and those of the U.S. commander on the scene.Palmer's instructions from President Johnson were to prevent another Cuba. Although the intervention remains controversial today, especially with Latin Americans, it was successful both politically and militarily, bringing unprecedented stability to the long-troubled Dominican Republic. The lesson Palmer draws is that success in such a venture comes only when political and military actions are orchestrated toward a common political goal.Palmer concludes with an assessment of the current situation in the broader Caribbean area, including a comparison of the 1965 Dominican and 1983 Grenadian interventions, and an analysis of the situation in Panama with its implications for the Canal Treaty. His book is a timely contribution to the history of the Caribbean that enlarges our understanding of this region's vital importance to the United States.

Autor

General Bruce Palmer Jr. (1913–2000) was a noted four-star general who played an important role in Vietnam and was for a time Acting Chief of Staff for the Army. His book, The 25-Year War, is a widely acclaimed analysis of the Vietnam conflict.

Inhalt

Origins of the Revolution
Initial U.S. Operations: 29 April–3 May 1965
Stabilizing the Situation: 3–15 May 1965
Creating the Inter-American Peace Force: 6 May–15 June 1965
Establishing a Provisional Government: 4 June–3 September 1965
Return to Normalcy: 4 September–25 October 1965
The IAPF Completes Its Mission: 26 October 1965–21 September 1966
An Assessment
Caribbean Realities for the United States Today

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 13.1.2015
• Zusatzinfo: 26 b&w halftones, 3 maps, 2 figures
• Verlagsort: Lexington
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 150 x 150 mm
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
• Schlagworte: 1906s united states foreign policy • 1965 dominican republic civil war • amerian military intervention in dominican republic 1965 • lyndon johnson foreign policy • organization of american states history • united states military history • u.s. intervention in grenada • u.s. latin america relations
• ISBN-13: 9780813150024 / 9780813150024