Soviet aims in Central America : the case of Nicaragua

著者

• Sand, G. W. (Gregory W.)

書誌事項

Soviet aims in Central America : the case of Nicaragua

G.W. Sand ; foreword by Lewis A. Tambs

Praeger, 1989

注記

Bibliography: p. [97]-115

Includes index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

Using Nicaragua as a case study, this book demonstrates how Soviet foreign policy has been the instrument for projecting Moscow's power and influence in a region that has been in the U.S. sphere of influences since 1898. Soviet Aims in Central America lays down the facts about the Soviets' drive since the 1950s to undermine U.S. influence in Central America by fueling guerrilla wars. G. W. Sand examines key Sandinista, Castroite, and Guatemalan Communist documents and reveals how Soviet military power is being used by the Sandinistas and their Cuban allies to consolidate power, threaten Nicaragua's neighbors, and ultimately revolutionize all of Central America. This, Sand claims, threatens the future of the United States itself. The foreword by former ambassador to Costa Rica, Lewis A. Tambs, chillingly describes the unprecedented threat to U.S. security by Soviet satellization of Central American countries. Sand begins the book with a detailed review of Soviet aims and strategies in the Americas. The book offers a history of the Sandinista movement as well as Soviet foreign policy toward Nicaragua. Further chapters explore the Sandinistas' record with regard to human rights and the current civil war in Nicaragua. Sand's detailed reading of Central American Communist documents reveals Soviet aims for the region. Finally, the book offers a possible strategy for averting Moscow's incursion into the United States' sphere of influence. Students of political science and scholars of Central America, or anyone interested in this volatile region, will find Soviet Aims in Central America provocative reading.

目次

Foreword by Lewis A. Tambs Introduction: The Americas: Soviet Strategy and World War III Nicaragua in Soviet Foreign Policy, 1959-1979 From Revolution to Leninist State The Sandinistas and Human Rights From Consolidation to Expanded War Soviet Aims Unmasked: An Appraisal Averting Checkmate: "Western Strategy" Reconsidered Appendix 1: Maps Appendix 2 Bibliographical Essay Index

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA20372555
• ISBN:
  • 0275930505
• LCCN: 89033959
• 出版国コード: us
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 出版地: New York
• ページ数/冊数: xii, 126 p.
• 大きさ: 22 cm
• 分類:
  • LCC : DK69.3.N5
  • DC20 : 327.4707285
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- Nicaragua
  • LCSH : Nicaragua -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union
  • LCSH : Nicaragua -- Foreign relations -- 1979-