Washington, Somoza and the Sandinistas
Subtitle: State and Regime in US Policy toward Nicaragua 1969-1981
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: August 19, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 355
ISBN-13: 9780521523356
Subjects: American history: postwar, from c 1945 -; International relations; Modern - 20th Century; History; Politics / Current Events; History: World; Nicaragua; USA; International Relations - General; History / Modern / 20th Century; History-Modern - 20th Century; Political Science / International Relations; Politics and government; United States; United States--Foreign relations--Nicaragua
First sentence: The practice of contemporary U.S. policy toward Latin America is shaped by three broad-based concerns: support for open economies and development strategies that accord private foreign banking and investment capital a key role; support for regimes prepared to align themselves with efforts to contain, and even roll back, the forces of national and social revolution; and a determination to safeguard America's strategic and "national security" interests in conformity with regional and global goals.