Nicaragua, 1961-1990: Volume 1 - The Downfall of the Somosa Dictatorship

by David François

In the wake of the US invasion of Nicaragua in 1912, the country came under the rule of the Somoza family, which imposed a brutal and corrupt military dictatorship. A low-scale insurgency of students, supported by peasants and other anti-Somoza elements of the society developed already in the 1960s. By the 1970s, the country became embroiled in a brutal insurgency. Supported by Cuba, a coalition of students, farmers, businessmen, clergy and a small...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1911628216
• ISBN13: 9781911628217
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: Helion & Company
• Length: 72 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.1" x 11.5"