Includes bibliographical references (p. 148-153) and index.
Contents:
Sandino and the Sandinistas -- The revolution -- The honeymoon -- Low intensity conflict -- The counterrevolution -- The end of the Sandinistas -- The Chamorro years -- Fighting corruption and hunger.
Summary:
Traces the political and social changes that occurred in Nicaragua after the Sandinistas overthrew the dictating Somoza family, which had backing from the United States; and discusses the rights of foreign nations to intervene in outside affairs in the twentieth century.
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