Adios Muchachos: A Memoir of the Sandinista Revolution - American Encounters/ Global Interactions

Informationen zum Autor Sergio Ramírez Klappentext Sergio Ramírez, Vice President of Nicaragua from 1984 to 1990, offers his memoir of the turbulent years that toppled the Samoza dictatorship in 1979 and the triumphs and shortcomings of the Sandinista National Liberation Front that was charged with national reconstruction and social transformation in a country besieged by internal conflicts and foreign aggression. Zusammenfassung Sergio Ramirez was Vice President of Nicaragua from 1984 to 1990. This title covers the turbulent years that toppled the Samoza dictatorship in 1979 and the triumphs and shortcomings of the Sandinista National Liberation Front that was charged with national reconstruction and social transformation in this country and region. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface to the Spanish Edition, Published in 2007 / The Shadow of the Caudillo xi Acknowledgments xix Introduction 1 1. Partial Confession 5 2. Saintly Living 17 3. The Age of Innocence 35 4. The Swan over the Burning Coals 49 5. The Age of Malice 65 6. Monkey on a Leash 81 7. Manifest Destiny 93 8. The Likely Number Thirteen 113 9. Heaven on Earth 127 10. The Year of the Pig 143 11. Rivers of Milk and Honey 159 12. The Palace at Last! 173 13. Saturn's Jaws 191 Epilogue 207 Chronology, 1979-1990 211 Glossary 223 Index 229

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• Authors: Sergio Ramirez, Sergio/ Skar Ramirez, Sergio Ramírez, Sergio Ramrez
• Assisted by: Stacey Alba Skar (Translation), Stacey Alba D Skar (Translation), Stacey Alba D. Skar (Translation)
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.10.2011
• EAN: 9780822350873
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-5087-3
• No. of pages: 264
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 235 mm x 15 mm
• Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions; American Encounters/Global Int; American Encounters/Global Interactions; American Encounters/Global Int
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Amerikanische Geschichte, Süd- und Zentralamerika (inklusive Mexiko), Lateinamerika, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political, Politische Ideologien, Biography / Autobiography, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Radicalism, HISTORY / Latin America / Central America