Revolution And Foreign Policy In Nicaragua

by Mary Vanderlaan

Overview

Since the revolution in 1979, Nicaragua has faced economic dislocation, a growing debt, chronic hard currency shortages, a counter-revolutionary war, economic and diplomatic pressure from the US, and regional isolation. In spite of these challenging problems, the Sandinista leadership, maintaining a broad array of international contacts, continues

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367301408
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/26/2020
Pages:	404
Product dimensions:	5.81(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Mary B. Vanderlaan is assistant professor of political science at Hartwick College.

Table of Contents

Introduction — Introduction — Nicaraguan Foreign Policy: A Theoretical Focus — Domestic Constraints on Foreign Policy — Sandinism and Nicaraguan Political Structures — Economic Realities and Constraints — The Domestic Opposition and External Actors — International Constraints on Foreign Policy — US Policy Toward the Nicaraguan Revolution — US Economic and Military Policy: Low-Intensity Attrition Warfare — Latin America and Europe View the Revolution — Patterns in Revolutionary Nicaragua's Foreign Policy — Nicaraguan Military and Defense Policy — Nicaraguan Internationalism: Principled Pragmatism and Survival — Nicaragua's Regional Negotiating Positions — The Sandinista Record: "No Longer a Banana Republic" — Newspapers and Periodicals Cited