political , 1983 inaction of Grenada
What moth , day , and year did it happen?
October 25 , 1983
What moth , day and year did it happened
January 16 , 1989
what moth day and year did it happen
April 14-15 , 1986
what moth , day , and year did it happened
august 12 , 1981
between what two years did it happened
1980s-1982
what was the operations name and how many U.S troops were involved
operation urgent fury , 7k troops involved
key people an groups
clement Lloyd
allan blanchard
officer William Lozano
Miamis black community
maimis history of police violence
key people and groups
president Reagan
muammar gaddafin
two U.S f-111 pilots killed
victims of the la belle
france , Spain and italy
IBM
bill gates and dual Allen
gordon moore and Andy grove
millions of early businesses
pual volcker
president Reagan
millions of unemployed workers
rust belt
farmers who lost farms to debt
what are some key people and groups
president Ronald Reagan
prime minister bishop
cuban military advisor
Caribbean allied nations
7k troops
what happened
Miami police officer William Lozano shot and killed clement Lloyd a 23 year old black man riding a motorcycle
Why did it start
started beucse 10 days before the airstrike a bomb exploded at the La belle discotheque in West Berlin Wall populated with American soldiers.
what happened before
before the IBM PC the personal computer market was fragment
what peaked in 1981 and what % was it
raise interest rates to leaves never seen before peaking at 21.5%
Why did it start
The cold war was a decades - long stand off between the us and the Soviet Union each trying to spread their system of government worldwide
why did it start
According to Lozano he fired because Lloyds motorcycle was driving directly at him threatening his life.
why it matters
It was one of the first major counterterrorism military strikes in history
why it matters
IBM PC matter because it transformed the computer from a hobbyist toy or scientific tool into a legitimate business machine
why it mattered
the price was stability was prerequisite for the economic growth and prosperity that followed
legacy today
established the idea that the u.s could intervene military in another sovereign nations affairs
why does it matter?
forced nations to confront how little had change in American policing since the civil rights ear.
legacy today
The Libya bombing established a template for counterterrorism military strikes that would be use reputably in decades that followed
legacy today
The IBM PC is the entire computing industry
legacy
The Volcker legacy is deeply embedded in in the political and economic land scape of today