Title: The end and the beginning :
Authors: Booth, John A.,
Date: 1985
Publisher: Westview Press,
Physical description: xvii, 363 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: F
Contents: List of figures and tables -- Preface to the second edition -- Acknowledgments -- Revolutionary theory and Nicaragua's Sandinista Revolution. The theory of revolution: key aspects ; The theory of revolution: causes ; The roots of revolution in Nicaragua -- Factional strife and Manifest Destiny. Independence and the Central American Federation ; Early Republican Nicaragua and the Walker Filibuster (1838-1857) ; The rise of coffee production and the decline of ideology (1857-1909) ; Summary and conclusions -- From dollar diplomacy to Sandino. U.S. foreign policy (1898-1920) ; The slow U.S. retreat from interventionism (1921-1933) ; Nicaraguan reaction to the new U.S. policies (1923-1927) ; Augusto César Sandino and the Anti-Interventionist War (1927-1933) ; The U.S. withdrawl and its impact ; Summary and conclusions -- The foundation of the dynasty. Somoza García takes control ; Somoza García and the National Guard ; U.S. policy ; Somoza García and Nicaraguan political institutions ; Economy and society under the dictatorship (1936-1950) ; Economy and society under the dictatorship (The 1950s) ; Somoza Garciá's wealth and the economy ; So shall ye reap -- Like father like sons. The heirs to the dynasty ; The United States and the regime ; The economy ; Social structure ; Political institutions ; Repression ; Conclusion -- Social class and opposition to the Somoza Dynasty. Upper-class opposition ; Middle-class groups ; Lower-class opposition ; Summary -- Foreign and domestic opposition. Foreign governments ; Religious groups ; The Sandinista National Liberation front ; The opposition coalitions ; Summary -- The insurrection of 1977-1979. The first wave of the Insurrection (1977) ; The second wave (1978): the people in the Vanguard ; The gathering storm (January-May 1979 ; The final offensive (June-July 1979) ; Epilogue -- The beginning: government in revolutionary Nicaragua. The goals of the revolution ; The revolutionary government ; The FSLN's role in government ; Other parties and interest groups ; Political opposition ; The electoral system and the 1984 elections -- Policies and performance of the revolutionary government. Public order ; Human rights ; National culture ; Economic policy ; Employment, salary, and social service policies ; Defense and military policy ; Foreign policy and foreign relations -- Across a frontier of history: the revolution and its future. Nicaragua and the theory of revolution ; Possible futures for Nicaragua ; Conclusions -- Notes -- Abbreviations -- Index.
Notes: Includes index.
Subject headings (LCSH): Nicaragua--History--Revolution, 1979--Causes.; Nicaragua--Politics and government--1937-1979.; Nicaragua--Politics and government--1979-1990.