Title
Everybody had his own gringo : the CIA & the Contras
Role
Glenn Garvin, foreword by P.J. O'Rourke.
Files
Document Type
Book
Description/Summary
The Reagan administration spent eight years and a vast amount of money backing the Contras in their bid to overthrow the Sandinista government of Nicaragua. Although the Sandinistas eventually were ousted, it was by the ballot box and not the M-16, for by that time the Contras had ceased to be a viable force. What caused their untimely demise? Some of the fault lies with the Contras themselves, but in this account of villainy, courage, incompetence and violent death in a country at war with itself, the author sets out to show that there is blame in Washington, too. Garvin covered the war for six years, often travelling with Contra combat units, and his work was nominated for Pulitzer Prizes in 1988 and 1989. He won the Mencken Award for Investigative Reporting.
ISBN
9780080405629
Publication Date
1-1-1992
Publication Information
Garvin, Glenn, Everybody had his own gringo: the CIA & the Contras. Washington : Brassey's (US) Riverside, N.J. : Brassey's Book Orders [distributor], c1992.
Rights
Copyright: Brassey's, c1992.
Recommended Citation
Garvin, Glenn and O'Rourke, P.J., "Everybody had his own gringo : the CIA & the Contras" (1992). Walter J. Petry Book Gallery. 250.
https://digitalcommons.fairfield.edu/petry-books/250