US-Sandinista Diplomatic Relations

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. Introduction

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   Pages 1-12

3. Diplomacy and Counterrevolution 1981–1982

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   Pages 13-35

4. Contadora: Latin America Repudiates Washington 1983

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   Pages 36-59

5. Manzanillo and Contadora 1984

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   Pages 60-87

6. Undermining Democracy: Elections 1984

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   Pages 88-106

7. Narrowing the Focus: Contadora and Esquipulas 1986

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   Pages 107-127

8. The Arias Plan 1987–1988

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   Pages 128-147

9. Bush and the Sandinistas 1989

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   Pages 148-169

10. The 1990 Elections and Democracy

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    Pages 170-188

11. Conclusion

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    Pages 189-196

12. Back Matter

    Pages 197-274

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'It is riveting. Ryan provides us with one of the best accounts of the Raegan-era foreign policy available, dealing with a portion of history that took place in Central America in the Eighties. For future historians of the Cold War, Ryan's book will be a necessary point of reference.' - Bernardo Sepulveda Amor US-Sandinista Diplomatic Relations examines the reasons why agreement was not reached between the United States and Nicaragua between 1979 and 1990. The traditional US hegemonic approach to the region was applied to the Sandinista revolutionary government which the Reagan administration wanted out of power. Washington's responses to the various attempts at finding a diplomatic solution were to block agreement where possible, but concurrently demonstrate support for diplomacy to encourage Congressional support for the ongoing low intensity conflict.

• Diplomacy
• foreign policy
• Latin America

• Department of Historical and International Studies, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK

  David Ryan

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