Stir It Up: The CIA Targets Jamaica, Bob Marley and the Progressive Manley Government

In Jamaica, 1976, Bob Marley sings revolution. The democratic socialist Manley government defies Washington and builds a coalition with Castro’s Cuba. Many believe the CIA is on the island stirring things up, whipping election-year violence into tribal war between ghetto gangs allied to the opposing political parties. Scott lived through it but four years later he remembers little… his girlfriend Marva, hanging out with Marley at Hope Road. Beyond that it’s “lost time.” As if Obeah—Jamaican black magic—has fixed his business. Was his father CIA chief of station in Kingston? What caused the bad blood between them? Had he come at him with a machete? Why would the CIA worry about tiny Jamaica and Michael Manley—or Bob Marley? What was real and what was fantasy? A violent emotional outburst brings Scott to psychologist Phil Mitchell, who while struggling with his own demons pushes Scott to relive the fateful year leading up to the historic Smile Jamaica concert and uncover the truth that will either set them both free or be their undoing.

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Stir It Up: The CIA Targets Jamaica, Bob Marley and the Progressive Manley Government

In Jamaica, 1976, Bob Marley sings revolution. The democratic socialist Manley government defies Washington and builds a coalition with Castro’s Cuba. Many believe the CIA is on the island stirring things up, whipping election-year violence into tribal war between ghetto gangs allied to the opposing political parties. Scott lived through it but four years later he remembers little… his girlfriend Marva, hanging out with Marley at Hope Road. Beyond that it’s “lost time.” As if Obeah—Jamaican black magic—has fixed his business. Was his father CIA chief of station in Kingston? What caused the bad blood between them? Had he come at him with a machete? Why would the CIA worry about tiny Jamaica and Michael Manley—or Bob Marley? What was real and what was fantasy? A violent emotional outburst brings Scott to psychologist Phil Mitchell, who while struggling with his own demons pushes Scott to relive the fateful year leading up to the historic Smile Jamaica concert and uncover the truth that will either set them both free or be their undoing.

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Stir It Up: The CIA Targets Jamaica, Bob Marley and the Progressive Manley Government

Stir It Up: The CIA Targets Jamaica, Bob Marley and the Progressive Manley Government

by David Dusty Cupples
Stir It Up: The CIA Targets Jamaica, Bob Marley and the Progressive Manley Government

Stir It Up: The CIA Targets Jamaica, Bob Marley and the Progressive Manley Government

by David Dusty Cupples

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In Jamaica, 1976, Bob Marley sings revolution. The democratic socialist Manley government defies Washington and builds a coalition with Castro’s Cuba. Many believe the CIA is on the island stirring things up, whipping election-year violence into tribal war between ghetto gangs allied to the opposing political parties. Scott lived through it but four years later he remembers little… his girlfriend Marva, hanging out with Marley at Hope Road. Beyond that it’s “lost time.” As if Obeah—Jamaican black magic—has fixed his business. Was his father CIA chief of station in Kingston? What caused the bad blood between them? Had he come at him with a machete? Why would the CIA worry about tiny Jamaica and Michael Manley—or Bob Marley? What was real and what was fantasy? A violent emotional outburst brings Scott to psychologist Phil Mitchell, who while struggling with his own demons pushes Scott to relive the fateful year leading up to the historic Smile Jamaica concert and uncover the truth that will either set them both free or be their undoing.


Product Details

BN ID: 2940046023411
Publisher: David Dusty Cupples
Publication date: 06/18/2014
Sold by: Smashwords
Format: eBook
File size: 537 KB
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

I have a Ph. D. in psychology (Personality and Psychopathology) from UCSB (U. California Santa Barbara) and have taught psychology at college and university level. My academic training included a solid foundation in research design, methodology and analysis, as well as adventures into the mysteries of consciousness, cognition and hypnosis as a research tool for exploring the mind. I have also taught English at college and university in Vietnam and for 9 1/2 years in Taiwan. The joy of travel (including about 7 trips to Jamaica) has widened my horizons for sure. I love reggae music and am interested in the struggles of the Third World, or as Bob Marley, Peter Tosh and other reggae artists have sung, for "equal rights and justice." Note that Stir It Up has been highly praised by Roger Steffens, founding chair of Reggae Grammy Committee, and other top reggae authorities.

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