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Sandinista Nicaragua's resistance to US coercion : revolutionary deterrence in asymmetric conflict /
This book traces the process through which Nicaraguans defeated US aggression in a highly unequal confrontation.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, NY :
Cambridge University Press,
2016
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This book traces the process through which Nicaraguans defeated US aggression in a highly unequal confrontation. How was the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) of Nicaragua able to resist the Reagan Administration's coercive efforts to rollback its revolution? Héctor Perla challenges conventional understandings of this conflict by tracing the process through which Nicaraguans, both at home and in the diaspora, defeated U.S. aggression in a highly unequal confrontation. He argues that beyond traditional diplomatic, military, and domestic state policies, a crucial element of the FSLN's defensive strategy was the mobilization of a transnational social movement to build public opposition to Reagan's policty within the United States, thus preventing further escalation of the conflict. Using a contentious politics approach the author reveals how the extant scholarly assumptions of international relations theory have obscured some of the most consequential dynamics of the case. This is a fascinating study illustrating how supposedly powerless actors were able to constrain the policies of the most powerful nation on earth. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxi, 241 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781316286876 1316286878 9781316579091 1316579093 1316579603 9781316579602 1107534496 9781107534490 |