Army Quote by Stephen Kinzer

It is no coincidence that when the thugs tried to wrest control over Grenada, there were 30 Soviet advisors and hundreds of Cuban military…

— Ronald Reagan

I think people took Grenada for what it turned out to be, which was a very specific incident and from which one couldn't necessarily…

— John Negroponte

We can invade everyone from Grenada to Afghanistan, but if anyone spills a drop of our blood, it's terrorism.

— Paul Christopher

The invasion of Panama, what was that? The U.S. killed, according to the Panamanians, 3,000 civilians. Maybe they're right. We don't investigate our own…

— Noam Chomsky

It is often said that Americans have no sense of history. Ask a college student who Jimmy Carter was and they will likely reply…

— J. Maarten Troost

“All told, U.S. allies in Central America during Reagan's two terms killed over 300,000 people, tortured hundreds of thousands, and drove millions into exile.”

— Greg Grandin

American imperialism is often traced to the takeover of Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Hawaii in 1898.

— Noam Chomsky

It might interest you that just as the U.S. was ramping up its involvement in Vietnam, LBJ launched an illegal invasion of the Dominican…

— Junot Diaz

When you invade Grenada, or when you invade Panama to capture a disreputable person, or when you bomb the Bosnia area, you can always…

— Jimmy Carter

“America certainly did its part. But doing the sums, it is now clear that through the eight years of Ronald Reagan’s presidency, 1981-89, Saudi…

— Robert Lacey

By the late 1970s, repression and economic chaos were causing increasing unrest throughout Latin America. Army strongmen were forced to cede power in Peru,…

— Stephen Kinzer

The United States turned to repression when its prominence started to slip in Latin America through establishing military dictatorships.

— Alejandro Castro Espin