"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance." Thomas Jefferson. During the Cold War era, Jamaica, an island of only 2.8 million people which lies just 90 miles from Cuba, faced the real threat of being overtaken by that well- armed communist nation, a surrogate of the USSR. With presidential aspirant Donald Trump now being cozy with Vladimir Putin, a former senior KGB intelligence officer and currently president of Russia, what lies ahead for small, vulnerable states if Trump wins the US presidential election? Looking back should play a useful role in the current discussions on world affairs ...