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A Faustian bargain :

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0813382335 (alk. paper)

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0813382343 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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9780813382333 (alk. paper)

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9780813382340 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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b415578

Title Proper

A Faustian bargain :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

U.S. intervention in the Nicaraguan elections and American foreign policy in the post-Cold War era /

First Statement of Responsibility

William I. Robinson ; with afterwords by Alejandro Bendaña and Robert A. Pastor.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Boulder :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Westview Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

c1992.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

x, 310 p. :

Other Physical Details

ill. ;

Dimensions

24 cm.

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-238) and index.

Text of Note

A penetrating analysis of the controversial U.S. role in the 1990 Nicaraguan elections - the most closely monitored in history - this book exposes the intervention in the electoral process of a sovereign nation by the Central Intelligence Agency, the Department of State, the National Endowment for Democracy, and private U.S.-based organizations. Robinson begins by tracing the evolution of U.S. foreign policy in recent decades and reviewing U.S.-Nicaraguan relations since the Carter administration. He then describes specific aspects of the "electoral intervention project," bringing to light the clandestine activities of U.S. officials. Finally, he examines the implications of such an undertaking for U.S. foreign policy and for social change in the Third World in the post-cold war era, arguing that it is a dangerous harbinger of a new interventionism conducted under the pretext of promoting democracy. Drawing on an extensive array of confidential documents and on interviews with representatives from U.S. and foreign government agencies, private organizations, and anti-Sandinista groups in Nicaragua, the author offers a chilling account of a foreign policy venture that was at the very least duplicitous and quite possibly illegal as well.

Title

Faustian bargain.

Elections-- Nicaragua-- History-- 20th century.

Nicaragua, Foreign relations, United States.

Nicaragua, Politics and government, 1979-1990.

United States, Foreign relations, Nicaragua.

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Robinson, William I.

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20130501031823.0

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