Nicaragua: Rev in Fam

by Shirley Christian

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0394744578
• ISBN13: 9780394744575
• Release Date: May 1986
• Publisher: Vintage Books USA
• Length: 415 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.

Customer Reviews

The Most Objective, Well-Rounded Account of the Nicaraguan Revolution of 1979

This is, without a doubt, the most objective and well-rounded book on the Nicaraguan Revolution of 1979. It is also an extraordinary example of investigative journalism!

Revolution in a small country.

Another good book about the Nicaragua revolution. This is dated by a few years since it was written in 1985. Christian does a nice job of detailing the why and hows of the conflict from the Somoza era to the first Sandanista election. She also does a nice summary history of Sandino. Sandino was not a Communist, and at first did not oppose U.S. intervention. Later he did and also led a Robin Hood type of existence. This book did not have any pictures, and I feel most good history and current affairs books should. This was the only short coming of the book. This is nice readable book about the conflict. Kinzer's book about the conflict covers the entire affair. Both reporters work for the New York Times. I felt Christian's book was more critical of the Sandanistas (FSLN).

Factually accurate

A factually accurate account of the revoultion in Nicaragua with precise details l the majors players(both people and countries). Reads like a text book.

Extremely Informative, Fact-based Account

This book gave history that I always wondered about, but never understood. She tries to cover origins of actions in this text, confusing or not. She is fairly good about making her subjective views fairly obvious, so that if you don't agree with her, you can disagree without sacrificing too many of the facts.