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GRENADA (OPERATION URGENT FURY), 1983 -- BOOKS

Adams, James. Secret Armies: Inside the American, Soviet and European Special Forces. New York, Atlantic Monthly Press, 1988. 440 p.
Operation Urgent Fury, pp 221-225.
Book call no.: 356.167 A214s

Adkin, Mark. Urgent Fury: The Battle for Grenada. Lexington, MA, Lexington Books, 1989. 390 p.
October 25: Special Operations in St George's, pp 167-176.
See index under 'Special Operations Forces' for additional references.
Book call no.: 972.9845 A236u

American Intervention in Grenada: The Implications of Operation "Urgent Fury", edited by Peter M. Dunn and Bruce W. Watson. Boulder, CO, Westview, 1985. 185 p.
Amphibious Aspects of the Grenada Episode, pp 89-97.
U.S. Army in Grenada, pp 99-108.
Chronology, pp 149-182.
Book call no.: 972.9845 A512

Anything, Anywhere, Anytime: An Illustrated History of the Military Airlift Command, 1941-1991. Scott AFB, IL, Headquarters, Military Airlift Command, 1991. 289 p.
Operation Urgent Fury: Grenada, pp 180-183.
Book call no.: 358.44 A637

Commando Operations--The New Face of War. Alexandria, VA, Time Life Books, 1991. 159 p.
Grenada: Tales of Things Gone Wrong, pp 62-97.
Book call no.: 356.16 C734

Harding, Steve. Air War Grenada. Missoula, MT, Pictorial Histories Pub, 1984. 56 p.
Book call no.: 972.9845 H263a

MacDonald, Peter. U.S. Special Forces. New York, Gallery Books, 1990. 80 p.
Grenada, pp 71-78.
Book call no.: 356.1670973 M135u

Nadel, Joel and Wright, J. R. Special Men and Special Missions: Inside American Special Operations Forces, 1945 to the Present. London, Greenhill Books, 1994. 256 p.
Grenada, 1983, pp 95-96, 136-142, 159-160.
Book call no.: 356.167 N134s

Russell, Lee E. and Mendez, M. Albert. Grenada 1983. London, Osprey Pubs, 1985. 48 p.
Book call no.: 972.9845 R964g

 

GRENADA (OPERATION URGENT FURY), 1983 -- DOCUMENTS

 

Currie, Michael P. (CMDR, USN). Operational Lessons of Urgent Fury. Newport, RI, Jun 1988. 35 p. (Naval War College U.S. Student Paper)
Doc. call no.: M-U 41662 C976o

Curtis, Thiery G. (LtCol, USAF). Special Operations Joint Training. Maxwell AFB, AL, Center for Aerospace Doctrine, Research and Education, Jan 1993. 80 p. (CADRE report no.AU-ARI-90-10)
Operation Urgent Fury, pp 33-36.
Doc. call no.: M-U 40084-7 no.90-10

Doty, Joseph P. (Maj, USA). Urgent Fury: A Look Back...A Look Forward. Newport, RI, Feb 1994. 20 p. (Naval War College (U.S.) Student thesis)
Doc. call no.: M-U 41662 D725u

Lind, William S. The Grenada Operation. Report to the Congressional Military Reform Caucus. Washington , Apr 1984. 5 p.
Performance of Elite Units, pp 2-3.
Doc. call no.: M-U 43828

Rivard, David T. (Maj, USAF). An Analysis of Operation Urgent Fury. Maxwell AFB, AL, Apr 1985. 29 p. (Air Command & Staff College (U.S.) Student report)
Doc. call no.: M-U 43122 R618a

Simmons, J. Mike (Maj, USA). Operation Urgent Fury: Operational Art or A Strategy of Overwhelming Combat Power?. Fort Leavenworth, KS, Apr 1994. 58 p. (Army Command & General Staff College (U.S.) School of Advanced Military Studies Monograph)
Doc. call no.: M-U 42022-2 S5921o

United States. Army. Civil Affairs Battalion, 96th. Civil Affairs Lessons Learned: Grenada. Fort Bragg, NC, 1983. 1 vol.
Doc. call no.: M-U 43151-119

Winters, Edward G. (LCDR, USN) and Paro, Kent A. (LT, USN). The Misuse of Special Operations Forces. Monterey, CA, Dec 1994. 192 p. (Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.) Thesis)
Uses Operation Just Cause and Grenada as case studies.
Doc. call no.: M-U 42525 W787m

GRENADA (OPERATION URGENT FURY), 1983 -- PERIODICALS

 

Bolger, Daniel P. (Capt). Special Operations and the Grenada Campaign. Parameters 18:49-61 Dec '88.

Wayne, Larry (LtCol). Civil Affairs in Grenada. Special Warfare 1:10-15 Oct '88.