How Reagan Liberated Grenada and Won the Cold War
February 27, 2026·39 min·2 clips
Reagan saw Grenada as a way to restore American confidence after Vietnam and to free Americans on the island.
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A Grenada-centered argument about American confidence, communist strain, and the Cold War's changing direction.
John Bachman treats Grenada as a Cold War hinge point, arguing that the conflict restored American power, revealed stress between Cuba and the Soviet Union, and helped point toward the Soviet Union's eventual collapse.
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