Survival for Service - Couverture souple

Scoon, Paul

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0333970640 ISBN 13 : 9780333970645

Editeur : Macmillan Caribbean, 2003

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

In 1978 when Sir Paul Scoon was appointed by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II to become the second Governor General of the small, peaceful and independent island nation of Grenada, there were few people outside the Caribbean who knew much more about the country and its 100,000 inhabitants than as a tourist destination and a major producer of nutmeg, mace and spices. His appointment was in recognition of a distinguished career both as a civil servant with the Commonwealth Secretariat and a leading developer of the educational system in his homeland. Yet no one could have foreseen that by the time Sir Paul Scoon resigned, he would have worked alongside six Heads of Governments and established an Interim Government in a lead up to elections. Of the six heads of Government, four were democratically elected and two seized power by force of arms. Nor could anyone have envisioned that this flourishing democracy with its growing economy would endure; a coup d'état; rule by a Revolutionary Military Council; the death in office of a serving Prime Minister; the execution of a former Prime Minister and 17 of his political supporters and the intervention at the height of the Cold War of the United States under President Ronald Reagan into Grenada's affairs which brought the region to its most dangerous confrontation since the Cuban Missile Crisis. Two decades have passed since American forces stormed Grenada's beaches and guarded the Governor General Houses while he and his wife lay on the floor to avoid the hostile fire from members of the Grenadian Army rebels. This was a period of great danger, which Sir Paul Scoon recounts vividly and for the very first time in this fascinating and remarkable story of a life dominated by service to his country and personal survival.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Sir Paul Scoon has had a long and distinguished career in public service. Following study in the UK and Canada he returned to his homeland to teach at the Grenada Boys' Secondary School. After rising to head Grenada's Civil Service, he became in 1973 the Deputy Director of the Commonwealth Foundation in London. He left in 1978 to become Governor General of Grenada. Since leaving office in 1992, he has served as Chairman of the Grenada Board of Tourism and is currently both a director of the Grenada Industrial Development Co-operation and Chairman of the local St. John Ambulance Association. Sir Paul is married to Esmai McNeilly and has three stepchildren.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Macmillan Caribbean
• Date d'édition: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0333970640
• ISBN 13: 9780333970645
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 376