1st Edition

A Faustian Bargain U.s. Intervention In The Nicaraguan Elections And American Foreign Policy In The Post-cold War Era

By William I Robinson Copyright 1992
    320 Pages
    by Routledge

    320 Pages
    by Routledge

    This book presents a penetrating analysis of the controversial U.S. intervention in the 1990 Nicaraguan elections. It examines the implications of an undertaking for U.S. foreign policy and for social change in the Third World in the post-cold war era.

    Introduction: The International Significance of Nicaragua 1. The New Intervention 2. Nicaragua from Carter to Reagan to Bush 3. Creating a Political Opposition 4. Consolidating a "Civic Opposition Front" 5. The International Network 6. The CIA, Public Relations, Secret Relations, and Multiple Money Pots 7. The Contras and the Economy: The Making of a Faustian Bargain 8. The Future: "Low-Intensity" Democracies? 9. Postscript: Postelectoral U.S. Intervention