Nicaragua Must Survive - Sandinista Revolutionary Diplomacy in the Global Cold War

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.

About the author

Eline van Ommen is Lecturer in Contemporary History at the University of Leeds.

Product details

• Authors: Eline van Ommen
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.12.2023
• EAN: 9780520390768
• ISBN: 978-0-520-39076-8
• No. of pages: 312
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 230 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Violence in Latin American History
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, Political Parties, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Parties, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Diplomacy, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Caribbean & Latin American, HISTORY / Latin America / Central America, Nicaragua, Diplomacy, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Political parties and party platforms, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period), c 1945 to c 1990 (the Cold War period)