Nicaragua Must Survive

Sandinista Revolutionary Diplomacy in the Global Cold War

Eline van Ommen (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

312 Seiten

2023
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-39074-4 (ISBN)

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Nicaragua Must Survive tells the story of the Sandinistas' innovative diplomatic campaign, which captured the imaginations of people around the globe and transformed Nicaraguan history at the tail end of the Cold War. The Sandinistas' diplomacy went far beyond elite politics, as thousands of musicians, politicians, teachers, activists, priests, feminists, and journalists flocked to the country to experience the revolution firsthand. Drawing on extensive archival research and interviews, Eline van Ommen reveals the role that Western Europe played in Nicaragua's revolutionary diplomacy. Blending grassroots organizing and formal foreign policy, pragmatic guerrillas, creative diplomats, and ambitious activists from Europe and the Americas were able to create an international environment in which the Sandinista Revolution could survive despite the odds. Nicaragua Must Survive argues that this diplomacy was remarkably effective, propelling Nicaragua into the global limelight and allowing the revolutionaries to successfully challenge the United States' role in Central America.

Eline van Ommen is Lecturer in Contemporary History at the University of Leeds.

Contents

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations

Introduction
1 • Internationalizing Struggle, 1977–1979
2 • Triumph and Consolidation, 1979–1980
3 • The Revolution under Attack, 1981–1982
4 • Creative Defense, 1983–1984
5 • Fundraising for the Revolution, 1985–1986
6 • Peace and Elections, 1987–1990
Conclusion

Notes
Bibliography
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	16.12.2023
Reihe/Serie	Violence in Latin American History ; 8
Zusatzinfo	16 b-w illustrations
Verlagsort	Berkerley
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	544 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-520-39074-1 / 0520390741
ISBN-13	978-0-520-39074-4 / 9780520390744
Zustand	Neuware