Armed Forces of the English-Speaking Caribbean
Armed Forces of the English-Speaking Caribbean The Armed Forces of the English-speaking Caribbean have a rich, albeit brief history. The failed West India Federation led directly to the formation of…
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Armed Forces of the English-Speaking Caribbean
The Armed Forces of the English-speaking Caribbean have a rich, albeit brief history. 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. This book will cover their story from the post-Second World War West India Regiment to the independence of the former British Colonies in the 1960s and 1970s.
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. 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. Barbados and