Code Names for Military Operations and Defense Systems The Framework of Defense of the European Caribbean: 1938-1939 The War in the Circum-Caribbean Theatre: September 1939 to April 1940 The Defeat of the Netherlands and Caribbean Repercussions The Inter-American Conference at Havana, Cuba The Anglo-American Destroyers-Bases Agreement The Fall of France and French Caribbean Repercussions ABC-1 and the Atlantic-Caribbean Sea Frontier The Conclusion of the Leased Bases Agreement Establishing the Caribbean/Western Atlantic Bases The Entry of United States Forces into Surinam The United States and the Defense of Aruba and Curacao The Battle of the Caribbean: February 1942 to August 1943 The French Caribbean in the War: November 1940 to November 1942 The Ralliement of the French Caribbean to the Allied Nations Bibliography Index
FITZROY ANDRE BAPTISTE is a Senior Lecturer in African and Asian Studies, at the University of the West Indies (Trinidad).
?The first comparative and comprehensive study covering the
activities in the British, French, Dutch, and American possessions
in the Caribbean and Guianas during WW II. Although the region was
not directly involved in major activities of the war, it still
played an important and interesting role of strategic importance.
Baptiste has diligently covered the framework of defense of the
European Caribbean during the last year before the war, the initial
activities in the Caribbean area at the beginning of the war,
influence of the defeat of the Netherlands in the Dutch West
Indies, US involvement, and the influence of the defeat of France
in the French West Indies and Guiana. He also discusses
establishment of the Caribbean/Western Atlantic bases, the entry of
US forces into Dutch Surinam and their involvement in the defense
of Aruba and Curacao, the battle of the Caribbean from February
1942 to August 1943, the struggle between Vichy France and the Free
French in the Caribbean, and the entire Caribbean as part of the
concern of the UN. The study is extremely well researched and is
well written. Good index, lists of abbreviations, and a number of
maps and charts.?-Choice
"The first comparative and comprehensive study covering the
activities in the British, French, Dutch, and American possessions
in the Caribbean and Guianas during WW II. Although the region was
not directly involved in major activities of the war, it still
played an important and interesting role of strategic importance.
Baptiste has diligently covered the framework of defense of the
European Caribbean during the last year before the war, the initial
activities in the Caribbean area at the beginning of the war,
influence of the defeat of the Netherlands in the Dutch West
Indies, US involvement, and the influence of the defeat of France
in the French West Indies and Guiana. He also discusses
establishment of the Caribbean/Western Atlantic bases, the entry of
US forces into Dutch Surinam and their involvement in the defense
of Aruba and Curacao, the battle of the Caribbean from February
1942 to August 1943, the struggle between Vichy France and the Free
French in the Caribbean, and the entire Caribbean as part of the
concern of the UN. The study is extremely well researched and is
well written. Good index, lists of abbreviations, and a number of
maps and charts."-Choice
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