00988nam a2200109Ia 4500080001800000100002000018245003400038260004700072300001400119520072600133583001900859  a01.04.03 L674  aLewis, Gordon K  aGrenada : the jewel despoiled  bJohn Hopkins UniversityaBaltimoreUSc1987  ax, 239 p.  aPresents account of Grenadian politics and American interventionism considering their implications for all West Indian nations.  Places the Grenada revolution in the context of Caribbean history and gives brief history of the island.  Describes the decadent Gairy regime and the rise of the socialist New Jewel Movement.  Discusses the coup d'etat and achievement of the revolution.  Analyses stresses and strains of the PRG Cabinet, party and Central Committee.  Retells events that led to execution of Maurice Bishop.  Outlines roles of the ultra left Coard faction, the Caribbean Bourgeoisie, and US imperialism in overthrowing the revolution.  Points out lessons for the Caribbean State System and the Caribbean left.  c3/7/00kM2LMGR