Sandinistas

By Dennis L. Gilbert

Book Overview

Sandinistas is about the Nicaraguan revolution and the party that leads it, the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN). In the early chapters of the book, author Dennis Gilbert tell who the Sandinistas are and what they believe. He probes the inner workings of the FSLN and the party's relations with the organized masses, the military and the revolutionary state. The second half of the book examines the Sandinistas in action, as they deal with peasants, businessmen, Christians, and Yankees. The final chapter covers the history of US-Nicaraguan relations from 1855-1988. Sandinistas is a balanced, sophisticated, readable account of the most significant revolutionary experience of our day.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1557860068
• ISBN13: 9781557860064
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.4"