This collection represents 309 books, collected by Walter J. Petry from 1983-1992. They have been written or edited by historians, political scientists, sociologists, philosophers, theologians, journalists and travelers on various aspects of the Revolution.
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Sandino's daughters : testimonies of Nicaraguan women in struggle
Margaret Randall and Lynda Yanz
First published in 1981 in the wake of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) revolution in Nicaragua, Sandino's Daughters can now be seen not as a triumph of revolutionary ideals, but as a triumph of the spirit. Through a series of interviews with participants at all levels in the resistance, Margaret Randall recounts the lives of ordinary women who became pillars of strength and perseverance during their decades-long involvement in the Sandinista struggle against the Somoza dictatorship. Believing firmly that women's liberation was inextricably linked with national liberation, many of these women were in the vanguard of the movement inspired by Augusto Sandino. At the peak of revolutionary activity, women from all classes and backgrounds comprised 30 percent of the Sandinista army. For many of these women, politics became one with the personal.
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Nicaragua, the land of Sandino
Thomas W. Walker
Describing the values of the Sandinist revolution as "a uniquely Nicaraguan combination of flexible Marxism and progressive Catholicism," this brief, sympathetic study provides an overview of history through the Somoza era, the economy, culture and politics, and international aspects.
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Agoni︠i︡a odnoĭ diktatury. English;"The agony of a dictatorship"
Oleg Konstantinovich Ignatʹev and Arthur Shkarovsky
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Doris Tijerino : inside the Nicaraguan revolution
Margaret Randall and Elinor Randall
The life story of Doris Tijerino, one of the earliest women to participate in the Sandinista struggle to change Nicaragua.
