Sandinista Nicaragua's Resistance to US Coercion
(Part of the Cambridge Studies in Contentious Politics Series)
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How was the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) of Nicaragua able to resist the Reagan Administration's coercive efforts to rollback their revolution? H ctor Perla challenges conventional understandings of this conflict by tracing the process through which Nicaraguans, both at home and in the diaspora, defeated US 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 policy 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.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:110711389X
ISBN13:9781107113893
Release Date:February 2017
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:260 Pages
Weight:1.05 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.2" x 9.4"
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