Revolution And Foreign Policy In Nicaragua (WESTVIEW SPECIAL STUDIES ON LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN)

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 Revolution and Foreign Policy in Nicaragua analyzes the domestic and international determinants shaping revolutionary Nicaragua's foreign policy within the broader theoretical contexts of Latin American foreign policy, revolutionary transformation, and the politics of dependence. Mary B. Vanderlaan. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 387-394.