num_pages: 480
description: An account of U.S. policy from the Sandinista revolution through the Iran-contra scandal and beyond. Sklar shows how the White House sabotaged peace negoatiations and sustained the deadly contra war despite public opposition, with secret U.S. special forces and an auxiliary arm of dictators, drug smugglers and death squad godfathers, and illuminates an alternative policy rooted in law and democracy.
language: English
title: Washington's War on Nicaragua
titlecomplete: Washington's War on Nicaragua
genres: War, History, Politics
ratings_count: 18
publisher: South End Press