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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Yankee Sandinistas : interviews with North Americans living & working in the new Nicaragua
Ron Ridenour
This book offers interviews with nine Americans living and working in Nicaragua and shares their views on the Sandinista government and U.S. policy towards the region.
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Perfiles de la Revolucion Sandinista. English; The Sandinista Revolution : national liberation and social transformation in Central America
Carlos M. Vilas and Judy Butler
This book looks at Nicaragua's economic system before the revolution, describes the social and economic changes implemented by the Sandinista government, and examines education and social programs under the new regime.
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Culture & politics in Nicaragua : testimonies of poets and writers
Steven White
Eighteen Nicaraguan writers and others comment on the current political and social conditions of Nicaragua and discuss their own work.
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Contra terror in Nicaragua : report of a fact-finding mission, September 1984-January 1985
Reed Brody
This report exposes the policies of torture, murder, and wanton violence employed by the forces Reagan described as "the moral equivalents of our Founding Fathers".
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Nicaragua. English;"Blood of the innocent : victims of the Contras' war in Nicaragua
Teófilo Cabestrero and Robert R. Barr
Cabestrero, an activist priest-journalist based in Nicaragua, listened to the testimony of more than 60 Nicaraguan civilians, all victims of kidnappings, violent ambushes, rapes, and other assaults by the soldiers of the National Democratic Force (FDN), or Contras. Blood of the Innocent is a sequel to the author's earlier book on three priests who serve as officials in the revolutionary government, Ministers of God, Ministers of the People.
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No los separó la muerte : Felipe y Mary Barreda, esposos cristianos que dieron su vida por Nicaragua
Teófilo Cabestrero and María López Vigil
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Fire from the mountain : the making of a Sandinista
Omar Cabezas, Carlos Fuentes, and Kathleen Weaver
A current member of the Sandinista government recalls his personal experience as a guerrilla fighter.
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Nuevo cielo y tierra nueva : epístola a monseñor Casaldáliga
Ernesto Cardenal and Jürgen Müller-Schneck
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Nicaragua, revolution in the family
Shirley Christian
The Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter chronicles the events in Nicaragua that led up to the revolt against Somoza, the consolidation of power by the Sandinistas, and the present period of unrest and probes the viewpoints of a wide range of Nicaraguans.
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On trial : Reagan's war against Nicaragua : testimony of the Permanent People's Tribunal
Marlene Dixon and Harvey Cox
