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Book SynopsisNicaragua Must Survivetells 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 Surviveargues that this diplomacy was remarkably effective, propelling Nicaragua into the global limelight and allowing the re
Table of ContentsContents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
1 • Internationalizing Struggle, 1977–1979
2 • Triumph and Consolidation, 1979–1980
3 • The Revolution under Attack, 1981–1982
4 • Creative Defense, 1983–1984
5 • Fundraising for the Revolution, 1985–1986
6 • Peace and Elections, 1987–1990
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
