An empirical examination of U.S. network coverage of seven post-Cold War crises occurring in the Caribbean Basin and an analysis of ongoing government-press relations.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [167]-175) and index.

Introduction / Walter C. Soderlund -- The Jamaat-al-Muslimeen Coup in Trinidad and Tobago, 1990 / Walter C. Soderlund -- The military coup in Haiti, 1991 / Ralph C. Nelson and Walter C. Soderlund -- The attempted restoration of Jean-Bertrand Aristide to the presidency of Haiti, 1993 / Walter C. Soderlund and Ralph C. Nelson -- The restoration of democracy to Haiti, 1994 / Walter C. Soderlund and Ralph C. Nelson -- The Zapatista Rebellion in Chiapas, 1994 / Walter C. Soderlund and E. Donald Briggs -- The Cuban Rafter Crisis, 1994 / Walter C. Soderlund -- The Cuban shoot-down of "Brother to the Rescue" aircraft, 1996 / Walter C. Soderlund -- Conclusion / Walter C. Soderlund.