Sandinista Nicaragua's Resistance to Us Coercion: Revolutionary Deterrence in Asymmetric Conflict

by Héctor Perla Jr.

How was the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) of Nicaragua able to resist the Reagan Administration's coercive efforts to rollback their revolution? H ctor Perla challenges conventional understandings of this conflict by tracing the process through which Nicaraguans, both at home and in the diaspora, defeated US aggression in a highly unequal confrontation. He argues that beyond traditional diplomatic, military, and domestic state policies...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 110711389X
• ISBN13: 9781107113893
• Release Date: February 2017
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.4"