1st Edition

Revolution And Foreign Policy In Nicaragua

By Mary Vanderlaan Copyright 1987
    404 Pages
    by Routledge

    404 Pages
    by Routledge

    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

    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

    Biography

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