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This study sets out to examine the Soviet approach to the Nicaraguan leftist government that came to power in the revolution of July 1979, and the revolutionary process, accelerated by the events in Nicaragua, in El Salvador and Guatemala. It focuses on a historical period between July 1979 and February 1990, when the Sandinistas lost their power. The main objective of this study is to establish the chief determinants underlying the Soviet involvement in the US ‘strategic backyard’ and the extent of this involvement.
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© 2000 Danuta Paszyn
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Paszyn, D. (2000). Introduction. In: The Soviet Attitude to Political and Social Change in Central America, 1979–90. Studies in Russia and East Europe. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230289000_1
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