Sandinista - Carlos Fonseca and the Nicaraguan Revolution

"Zimmermann does an excellent job explaining the real content of the FSLN's internal differences, going a long way beyond the very schematic and surface readings that have appeared thus far. It is a pioneering effort and our understanding of the Sandinista revolution is substantially enriched by this study."--Barry Carr, LaTrobe University

List of contents

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction 1

1. Matagalpa: The Early Years, 1939-1950 12

2. A Rebellious Student, 1950-1958 28

3. The Cuban Revolution, 1958-1961 50

4. Founding the FSLN, 1960-1964 69

5. The Evolution of a Strategy, 1964-1968 88

6. Underground and Prison Life, 1968-1970 111

7. The Sandino Writings, 1970-1974 143

8. A Fractured Movement, 1972-1975 162

9. The Montana and the Death of Fonseca, 1975-1976 185

10. The Revolution of 1979 205

Epilogue 222

Notes 229

Glossary of Organization 257

Bibliography 259

Index 271

About the author

Matilde Zimmermann

Summary

Describing the life and ideas of founder of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN), this work is a biography of Carlos Fonseca Amador, and the important and influential figure of the post-1959 revolutionary generation in Latin America.

Product details

• Authors: Zimmermann, Matilda Zimmermann, Matilde Zimmermann
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.01.2001
• EAN: 9780822325819
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-2581-9
• No. of pages: 288
• Weight: 907 g
• Illustrations: 18 photographs, 2 maps
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Revolutionen, Aufstände, Rebellionen, Politische Ideologien, Revolutionäre Gruppen und Bewegungen, Nicaragua