Knjiga Armed Forces of the English-speaking Caribbean

Sanjay Badri-Maharaj
Armed Forces of the English-speaking Caribbean: The Bahamas, Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago
84 strani, mehka vezava, 74 čb fotografij, 13 barvnih profilov, 1 zemljevid, 23 barvnih tabel.

Kratek opis v angleškem jeziku:
The Armed Forces of the English-speaking Caribbean have a rich, albeit brief history. This book covers 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, examines the evolution, equipment and current status and plans of these forces. This includes the complete recapitalization 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 and Tobago and Guyana, racial, history and these have contributed, at least in part, to the evolution and employment of their respective armed forces.

“In this book, the author provides background information on the forces of each nation, their combat, if any, equipment used, and the situation in the country today. He also provides an assessment of the forces being covered. All of this is accompanies by well chosen period photos and the usual superb color illustrations in the middle of the book that are standard for Helion's books in this series. It is a fascinating look at an area about which little has been written. I know you will find it as good a read as did I.” Scott Van Aken/ModelingMadness.com

"...will be of great interest to modelers and aviation historians alike." AMPS Indianapolis

Kliknite na "vsi oglasi tega prodajalca", na voljo preko 300 različnih knjig z vojaško, zgodovinsko in letalsko tematiko.
Poštnino plača kupec, osebni prevzem je možen v Solkanu, oziroma Novi Gorici in bližnji okolici.