- Blurb -
The Armed Forces of the English-speaking Caribbean have a rich, albeit brief history. This book will cover their story from the post-Second World War West India Regiment to the independence of the former British Colonies in the 1960s and 1970s. The failed West India Federation led directly to the formation of the national armed forces of Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago and Barbados while Guyana' s forces had their roots in Police Special Services Units and a Volunteer Force. Shortly after Independence, Guyana' s armed forces found themselves in a border conflict with Suriname as well as a far less salubrious operation to support a corrupt and racist government through rigged elections. Trinidad found itself facing a mutiny in the Trinidad and Tobago Regiment, redemption only coming for the force in 1990 when it played a stellar role in quelling an Islamist insurrection. Barbados and Jamaica' s armed forces had a more subdued history, supporting police forces but playing an important role in the intervention in Grenada in 1983. The Bahamas, unique in having a naval force as its primary military unit, had the dubious distinction of having one of its patrol boats sunk by Cuban MiG-21s in 1980. This book, besides the historical background to the five armed forces in question, will examine the evolution, equipment and current status and plans of these forces. This includes the complete recapitalisation of the Jamaica Defence Force, the resurrection of the Bahamas Defence Force as a capable naval unit, the decline and deliberate neglect of the Guyana Defence Force and the revival and near collapse of the Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force. Each country has a unique political, and in the case of Trinidad & Tobago and Guyana, racial, history and these have contributed, at least in part, to the evolution and employment of their respective armed forces. The countries of the Bahamas, Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago have a rich military heritage. Armed Forces of the English-speaking Caribbean examines the history, force development and current status of each of the armed forces of these countries as well as their operational use. AUTHOR: Sanjay Badri-Maharaj from Trinidad, received his MA and PhD from the Department of War Studies, Kings College London. His thesis was on India' s Nuclear Weapons Program. He has written and published extensively, including two books - The Armageddon Factor: Nuclear Weapons in the India-Pakistan Context (2000) and Indian Nuclear Strategy: Confronting the Potential Nuclear Threat from both Pakistan and China (2018). He has served as a consultant to the Ministry of National Security in Trinidad and was a visiting International Fellow at the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi. This is his first instalment for Helion. 4 colour and 70 b/w photographs, 5 maps, 18 colour profiles
- Titles in the Series -
1989 Coup d'Etat in Paraguay, The: The End of a Long Dictatorship, 1954-1989
Air Wars Between Ecuador and Peru, Volume 1: The July 1941 War
Air Wars Between Ecuador and Peru, Volume 2: Falso Paquisha! Aerial Operations Over the Condor Mountain Range, 1981
Air Wars Between Ecuador and Peru, Volume 3: Aerial Operations Over the Condor Mountain Range, 1995
An Island Too Far: Argentine Navy Operations During the Falklands/Malvinas War
Argentine Revolutions of 1955, The: Revolucion Libertadora
Armed Forces of the English-Speaking Caribbean: The Bahamas, Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago
Caribbean Legion: And its Mercenary Air Force, 1947-1950
Chaco War, 1932-1935, The: Fighting in Green Hell
Decades of Rebellion: Mexican Military Aviation in Action, 1920s-1940s
Go Find Him and Bring Me Back His Hat: The Royal Navy's Anti-Submarine Campaign in the Falklands/Malvinas War
Handbrake!: Dassault Super Etendard Fighter-Bombers in the Falklands/Malvinas War, 1982
Nicaragua, 1961-1990: Volume 1: the Downfall of the Somosa Dictatorship
Paulista War Volume 2: The Last Civil War in Brazil, 1932
Trinidad 1990: The Caribbean's Islamist Insurrection
Tropic Thunder in Suriname: Revolution, Coups and War in Suriname, 1975-1992
- Author Bio -
Sanjay Badri-Maharaj, from Trinidad and Tobago, received his MA and PhD from the Department of War Studies, Kings College London. His thesis was on India' s Nuclear Weapons Program. He has written and published extensively, including The Armageddon Factor: Nuclear Weapons in the India-Pakistan Context (2000) and Indian Nuclear Strategy: Confronting the Potential Nuclear Threat from both Pakistan and China (2018), as well as Kargil 1999 and Trinidad 1990 for Helion' s @War series. He has served as a consultant to the Ministry of National Security in Trinidad and was a visiting International Fellow at the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi.
- Full Details -
Status: | Active |
ISBN-13: | 9781914377136 |
Published: | 15 Oct 2021 |
Published In: | United Kingdom |
Imprint: | Helion & Company |
Publisher: | Helion & Company |
Format: | Paperback |
Height: | 297mm |
Width: | 210mm |
Pages: | 72 |
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