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The Sandinista revolution : a global Latin American history / Mateo Jarquín.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jarquín, Mateo, author.
- Series:
- New Cold War history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World politics--20th century.
- World politics.
- Nicaragua--Revolution, 1979--Influence.
- Nicaragua.
- Nicaragua--Politics and government--1979-1990.
- Latin America--Politics and government--1980-.
- Latin America.
- International relations.
- international relations.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Other Title:
- Global Latin American history
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2024]
- Summary:
- The Sandinista Revolution and its victory against the Somoza dictatorship in Nicaragua gripped the United States and the world in the 1980s. But as soon as the Sandinistas were voted out of power in 1990 and the Iran Contra affair ceased to make headlines, it became, in Washington at least, a thing of the past. Mateo Jarquín recenters the revolution as a major episode in the history of Latin America, the international left, and the Cold War. Drawing on research in Nicaragua, Cuba, Mexico, Panama, and Costa Rica, he recreates the perspective of Sandinista leaders in Managua and argues that their revolutionary project must be understood in international context. Because struggles over the Revolution unfolded transnationally, the Nicaraguan drama had lasting consequences for Latin American politics at a critical juncture. It also reverberated in Western Europe, among socialists worldwide, and beyond, illuminating global dynamics like the spread of democracy and the demise of a bipolar world dominated by two superpowers. Jarquín offers a sweeping analysis of the last left-wing revolution of the twentieth century, an overview of inter-American affairs in the 1980s, and an incisive look at the making of the post-Cold War order.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Online resource; title from PDF title page (JSTOR, viewed April 15, 2026).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Print version: Jarquín, Mateo. Sandinista revolution.
- ISBN:
- 9798890887290
- 9798890887283
- 9781469678511
- 1469678519
- 9781469678504
- 1469678500
- OCLC:
- 1429886752
- Publisher Number:
- CIPO000096045
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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