The role of female combatants in the Nicaraguan revolution and counter revolutionary war / Martín Meráz García, Martha L. Cottam and Bruno M. Baltodano.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

García, Martín Meráz, author.

Cottam, Martha L., 1954- author.

Baltodano, Bruno, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women and socialism--Nicaragua.

Women and socialism.

Women in combat--Nicaragua.

Women in combat.

Women soldiers--Nicaragua.

Women soldiers.

Nicaragua--Politics and government--1937-1979.

Nicaragua.

Politics and government.

Nicaragua--History--1937-1979.

History.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

viii, 118 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2019.

Summary:

"The revolution in Nicaragua was unique in that a large percentage of the combatants were women. This book is a study of these women and those who fought in the Contra counter revolution on the Atlantic Coast. It is a qualitative study based on 85 interviews with female ex-combatants in the Revolution and counter revolution from the 1960s to the end of the 1980s, as well as field observations in Nicaragua and the autonomous regions of the Atlantic Coast. It explores the reasons why women fought, the sacrifices they made, their treatment by male combatants, and their insights into the impact of the Revolution and counter-revolution on today's Nicaragua"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Women as combatants in revolution

Historical overview of the Nicaraguan revolution and the FSLN women

Women in the FSLN

The contra war

Women in the contra revolutionary war

Conclusion.

Notes:

"Routledge Focus"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 112-116) and index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9780367141486

0367141485

OCLC:

1057375820