Why Nicaragua Vanished: A Story of Reporters and Revolutionaries

by Robert S. Leiken

Book Overview

In 1990, Nicaragua's Sandinista government was toppled in an election that every major American news organization and pollster predicted they would win in a landslide. Why the Nicaraguan upset and why did the U.S. media get it so wrong?

Through an examination of American coverage of Nicaragua since the Cuban Revolution, Why Nicaragua Vanished provides intriguing answers to these questions, and for the first time tests media coverage...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0742523411
• ISBN13: 9780742523418
• Release Date: April 2003
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.2"