Editing Ronald Reagan (section)

===Invasion of Grenada===
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[[File:President Ronald Reagan discusses the situation in Grenada with a group of bipartisan members of Congress.jpg|thumb|alt=Reagan in the White House to discuss the Grenada situation with a bipartisan group of members of Congress, October 1983|Reagan discussing the Grenada situation with a bipartisan group of members of Congress, 1983]]

On October 19, 1983, [[Maurice Bishop]] was overthrown and murdered by one of his colleagues. Several days later, Reagan ordered American forces to invade Grenada. Reagan cited a regional threat posed by a Soviet-Cuban military build-up and concern for the safety of hundreds of American medical students at [[St. George's University]]. Two days of fighting commenced, resulting in an American victory.{{sfn|Cannon|2001|pp=187–188}} While the invasion enjoyed public support in the United States, it was criticized internationally, with the [[United Nations General Assembly]] voting to censure the American government.{{sfn|Brands|2015|p=403}} Cannon later noted that throughout Reagan's 1984 presidential campaign, the invasion overshadowed the [[1983 Beirut barracks bombings]],{{sfn|Cannon|2000|p=393}} which killed 241 Americans taking part in [[Multinational Force in Lebanon|an international peacekeeping operation]] during the [[Lebanese Civil War]].{{sfn|Lawrence|2021|p=176}}