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We move tonight : the making of the Grenada Revolution
Title
We move tonight : the making of the Grenada Revolution / Joseph Ewart Layne.
ISBN
9781492724582
1492724580
Publication
[Grenada?] : Grenada Revolution Memorial Foundation, [2014]
Physical Description
xiii, 203 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Summary
"On March 13th 1979 West Indians were stunned as they awoke to the news of the first successful revolution in the English Speaking Caribbean. Four and a half years later the Grenada Revolution succumbed to tragedy and US military invasion. This book is the first to give the inside story of how the Grenada Revolution was made. It chronicles the thinking, internal debates, concrete plans and actions of the Grenadian revolutionaries as they both responded to events unfolding in the 1970's and sought to shape them. Events are narrated from personal experience by the author who, as a 20 year old, took part in the assault on the army barracks which set in motion the Grenada Revolution. Following the US-led invasion he was imprisoned for 26 years during which time he wrote this book. The author is the holder of Law degrees from London University and a graduate of Hugh Wooding Law School." --Back cover.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
November 17, 2016
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-196).
Contents
Introduction
We move, tonight!
NLA recruit
The 'Twelve Apostles'
Building the NLA
"Barrels of Grease"
November 1978 challenge and the call to arms
To kill a lion: NJM's military doctrine
The overthrow plan
Postponements
March 10, 1979: Election ruse
March 11, 1979: Grenada in labour
Two-D plan
We move: Tonight!
Freedom Hill
Mobilisation
Combat order
To conquer or to die
The battle
A people's revolution
The story of a flag
The aftermath
Photographs
The broader context
Birth of NJM
The 1951 revolution and its consequences
The rise of the dictator
The development of NJM leadership
The 1973-1974 revolution
Learning from defeat
Afterword
We revolutionaries plough the sea
In retrospect
The making and destruction of the revolution
Post prison reflections.
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