| Description |
xxvii, 321 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-299) and index. |
| Contents |
The MILPAS War, 1979-1982 -- Dimas, Father of the Contras -- The MILPAS of Irene Calderon -- Other MILPAS groups -- Exile paramilitary groups, 1979-1982 -- Foreign entanglements : Cuba, Costa Rica, and the CIA -- Birth of the FDN : a guardia/MILPAS alliance -- Structure and organization of the Highlander Resistance Movement -- Women comandos : heroes, combatants, and comarca leaders -- Geography of the rebellion -- History of the Highlanders -- The Highlander's social place -- The FDN returns to its MILPAS roots, 1988-1990 -- The silent war against the Highlanders continues, 1990-1996 -- From poor peasants to power bloc : the difference democracy can make -- Resistance and survival. |
| Subject |
Milicias Populares Anti-Sandinistas.
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Counterrevolutions -- Nicaragua.
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Counterrevolutionaries -- Nicaragua.
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Peasant uprisings -- Nicaragua.
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Insurgency -- Nicargua.
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Nicaragua -- Politics and government -- 1979-1990.
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| ISBN |
0806132523 (alk. paper) |
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