A Faustian Bargain
U.s. Intervention In The Nicaraguan Elections And American Foreign Policy In The Post-cold War Era
1st Edition
Published on 1. May 2019
Book
Hardback
320 pages
978-0-367-01630-2 (ISBN)
Description
A penetrating analysis of the controversial U.S. role in the 1990 Nicaraguan elections-the most closely monitored in history-this book exposes the intervention in the electoral process of a sovereign nation by the Central Intelligence Agency, the Department of State, the National Endowment for Democracy, and private U.S.-based organizations. Robins
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 147 mm
Weight
750 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-367-01630-2 (9780367016302)
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William I. Robinson
A Faustian Bargain
U.s. Intervention In The Nicaraguan Elections And American Foreign Policy In The Post-cold War Era
Book
11/2020
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Routledge
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William I. Robinson
A Faustian Bargain
U.s. Intervention In The Nicaraguan Elections And American Foreign Policy In The Post-cold War Era
E-Book
04/2019
1st Edition
Routledge
€59.49
Available for download
William I. Robinson
A Faustian Bargain
U.s. Intervention In The Nicaraguan Elections And American Foreign Policy In The Post-cold War Era
E-Book
04/2019
1st Edition
Routledge
€59.49
Available for download
Person
William I. Robinson, a former investigative journalist, is a research associate at the Center for International Studies in Managua and a news analyst for the Latin America Data Base at the University of New Mexico, He is a Ph.D. candidate in Latin American studies at the University of New Mexico. Robinson is coauthor, with Kent Norsworthy, of David and Goliath: The U.S. War Against Nicaragua, which won the 1987 Gustavus Myers Book Award for outstanding scholarship in the study of human rights and intolerance in the United States.
Content
Introduction -- The New Intervention -- Nicaragua from Carter to Reagan to Bush -- Creating a Political Opposition -- Consolidating a "Civic Opposition Front" -- The International Network -- The CIA, Public Relations, Secret Relations, and Multiple Money Pots -- The Contras and the Economy: The Making of a Faustian Bargain -- The Future: "Low-Intensity" Democracies? -- Postscript -- Afterword -- Afterword -- Final Note -- Documents -- Chronology