num_pages: 256
description: Sandinistas is about the Nicaraguan revolution &amp; 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 &amp; what they believe. He probes the inner workings of the FSLN &amp; the party's relations with the organized masses, the military &amp; the revolutionary state. The second half of the book examines the Sandinistas in action, as they deal with peasants, businessmen, Christians &amp; Yankees. The final chapter covers the history of USA-Nicaraguan relations from 1855 thru 1988. Sandinistas is a balanced, sophisticated, readable account of the most significant revolutionary experience of the day.
language: English
title: Sandinistas: The Party and the Revolution
titlecomplete: Sandinistas: The Party and the Revolution
ratings_count: 6
publisher: Basil Blackwell (Cambridge, MA)