Detailed case studies of conflicts in the Caribbean Basin (including the mainland of Central America) and Southern Africa provide insights into the origins and the eventual resolution of Third World strife and instability. The book includes prescriptions for US policy.

The Caribbean conundrum / Lloyd Searwar -- The legacy of Angola / Gillian Gunn -- Pipsqueak power : the centrality and anomaly of Cuba / Jorge I. Dom?inguez -- South Africa in Angola and Namibia / Newell M. Stultz -- Conflict management in the Caribbean Basin / Wayne S. Smith -- Winding down strife in Southern Africa / Fen Osler Hampson -- Must the grass still suffer? / James G. Blight and Thomas G. Weiss.