Nicaragua Must Survive

Sandinista Revolutionary Diplomacy in the Global Cold War

• Author(s): Eline van Ommen,
• Publisher: Univ of California Press
• Pages: 312
• ISBN_10: 0520390741
  ISBN_13: 9780520390744
  
• Language: en
• Categories: History / General , History / Latin America / Central America , History / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies) , Political Science / International Relations / General , Political Science / World / Caribbean & Latin American , Social Science / Ethnic Studies / Caribbean & Latin American Studies ,

Description:... Nicaragua Must Survive tells the story of the Sandinistas' innovative diplomatic campaign, which captured the imaginations of people around the globe and transformed Nicaraguan history at the tail end of the Cold War. The Sandinistas' diplomacy went far beyond elite politics, as thousands of musicians, politicians, teachers, activists, priests, feminists, and journalists flocked to the country to experience the revolution firsthand. Drawing on extensive archival research and interviews, Eline van Ommen reveals the role that Western Europe played in Nicaragua's revolutionary diplomacy. Blending grassroots organizing and formal foreign policy, pragmatic guerrillas, creative diplomats, and ambitious activists from Europe and the Americas were able to create an international environment in which the Sandinista Revolution could survive despite the odds. Nicaragua Must Survive argues that this diplomacy was remarkably effective, propelling Nicaragua into the global limelight and allowing the revolutionaries to successfully challenge the United States' role in Central America.