The Unknown War - The Miskito Nation: Nicaragua, and the United States

Europeans and their descendants have tried for almost half a millennium to annex the Miskito Nation, in what is currently Nicaragua. The Miskito people have been militarily invaded and occupied several times, but have not relinquished their sovereignty or territory by defeat, treaty or vote.

About the author

Bernard Nietschmann is professor of geography at the University of California, Berkeley, specializing in Central America.

Summary

Europeans and their descendants have tried for almost half a millennium to annex the Miskito Nation, in what is currently Nicaragua. The Miskito people have been militarily invaded and occupied several times, but have not relinquished their sovereignty or territory by defeat, treaty or vote.

Product details

• Authors: Nietschmann, Bernard Nietschmann, Nietschmann Bernard
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.10.1989
• EAN: 9780932088413
• ISBN: 978-0-932088-41-3
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 233 mm x 14 mm
• Weight: 345 g
• Series: Focus on Issues; Focus on Issues
• Subjects: Fiction > Gift books, albums, perpetual calendars, postcard booklets; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas; POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Stationery and miscellaneous items, Miscellaneous items