Word: interventionism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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On Tuesday, October 25, 1900 Marines and Army Rangers and 300 troops from seven nearby Caribbean nations invaded the island of Grenada. Since then the Pentagon has reported that the member of American troops in the invasion force has grown to 6000. Late last week, the United Nations Security Council...
The Crimson held a discussion last week on the merits of the Grenada intervention with Eliot Cohen assistant professor of Government who teaches a course on the Introduction to Military Politics and Orlando Patterson, professor of Sociology, who teaches a course in Culture. Social Structure, and Underdevelopment in the Caribbean...
Cohen: I think there are a number of justifications. I think that everybody scoffed at the idea that the medical students were in danger. But they did feel in considerable danger. Three students came back saying things like. "It wasn't an invasion. It was a rescue. "That's one...
The professors attacked the invasion on a number of grounds. Frederick E. Snyder, the Law School's assistant dean for International Legal Studies, said there "really is no legal justification" for the United States intervention in Grenada's affairs.
Three Law School students, all Caribbean natives, addressed the crowd, and all three cited the military intervention as a dangerous precedent which could spread to Central America.