The chapter explores a military event in the Caribbean in 1983, framed as a rescue mission during a critical election year for the US and Ronald Reagan. It discusses the involvement of American military forces, Cuban influences, and geopolitical dynamics of the era, drawing parallels to conflicts like the Falklands war.
We talk about journalist, provocateur, political analyst, wildman & drug aficionado Hunter S. Thompson and discuss why he is the perfect avatar for The Long Seventies. Part two starts with Thompson’s most famous work Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas and hits the gas from there right past the ’72 election, Zaire disaster and goes over the edge at Reagan’s invasion of Grenada.