Table of Contents

• Preface 1
• Introduction 7
• 1. 39 Hours to "Go" 9
• 2. Everyone Goes Late 40
• 3. Nine Chalks to Chaos 54
• 4. SEALs Besieged 69
• 5. Rangers Seize Salines 78
• 6. Rescuing the Rescuers 93
• 7. Rescuing the Students 107
• 8. The Enemy Is Us 115
• 9. The Enemy Is the Media 134
• 10.The Enemy Is Cuba 144
• 11.The Route to Intervention 160
• 12.Securing the Victory 187
• Chapter Notes 223
• Bibliography 243
• Index 249

About the Author

Phil Kukielski is a career journalist who worked as a writer and, later, a managing editor of the Providence Journal in Rhode Island over the course of four decades. He lives in Fairfax, Virginia.

Reviews

This is a terrific book. I thought I knew a lot about the Grenada operation, but I can't tell you how much I learned from it. Actually, I can. I learned a lot. ...impressive...fascinating...outstanding...details are chilling...This is really a tour de force--it will become the seminal work on Operation Urgent Fury, and I would strongly recommend it to anyone interested not only in the Grenada operation but to those interested in coming to grips with the Reagan Presidency."-Stephen F. Knott, Naval War College, Newport, RI