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Defence Policy and Planning in the Caribbean: the Case of Jamaica, 1962–88

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By supporting the efforts of others to strengthen their defense, we frequently do as much for our own defense budget. Security assistance to others is a security bargain for us.

‘Defence policy and planning in the Caribbean: An Assessment of Jamaica on its Twenty-fifth Independence Anniversary’, Journal of Commonwealth and Comparative Politics, 27, no. 1 (March 1989), 74–102.

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  1. See S. G. Neuman, ‘Defense Planning in Less Industrialized States: An Organizing Framework’, in S. G. Neuman (ed.), Defense Planning in Less Industrialized States (Lexington, 1984), pp. 1–27.

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  1. Humberto García Muniz
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. University of Puerto Rico, USA

    Jorge Rodríguez Beruff (Associate Professor) (Associate Professor)

  2. Ministry of Health, Jamaica

    J. Peter Figueroa (Principal Medical Officer) (Principal Medical Officer)

  3. Institute of Social and Economic Research, University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, Jamaica

    J. Edward Greene (Director) (Director)

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© 1991 Jorge Rodríguez Beruff, J. Peter Figueroa and J. Edward Greene

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Muniz, H.G. (1991). Defence Policy and Planning in the Caribbean: the Case of Jamaica, 1962–88. In: Beruff, J.R., Figueroa, J.P., Greene, J.E. (eds) Conflict, Peace and Development in the Caribbean. Macmillan International Political Economy Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-11877-9_5

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