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Title

The Central American crisis reader / edited by Robert S. Leiken and Barry Rubin.

Publication

New York : Summit Books, c1987.

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Additional Authors

• Leiken, Robert S., 1939-
• Rubin, Barry M.

Description

717 p. : map; 25 cm.

Subject

• Central America > Foreign relations > United States > Sources
• Central America > Politics and government > Sources
• El Salvador > Politics and government > 1979-1992 > Sources
• Nicaragua > Politics and government > 1979-1990 > Sources
• United States > Foreign relations > Central America > Sources

Genre/Form

Sources.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

ch. 1. The historical background: Landscape and people. The imperial dimension. The first crisis : Sandino and Martínez. Living with the dictators. The Guatemalan episode. Heritage of crisis -- ch. 2. Revolution in Nicaragua: Somoza in power. The FSLN's formative years. Divisions in the FSLN. United front against Somoza. Mediation and insurrection -- ch. 3. The Sandinistas in power: Sandinista policies and ideology. The rise of the opposition. The 1984 elections and after -- ch. 4. Origins of conflict in El Salvador: The struggle against military dictatorship. The 1979 junta and the turn toward war -- ch. 5. The war in El Salvador: The FMLN offensive and the 1982 elections. The Duarte government. The Salvadoran Civil War -- ch. 6. U.S. policy: The Carter Administration. The Reagan Administration -- ch. 7. Latin America, Europe, the USSR and Cuba: Latin America. Western Europe. The USSR and Cuba.

ISBN

• 0671605976 (pbk.)
• 0671600583

LCCN

^^^87001864^

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library