Sandinista Revolution
Library Search: Books
Knut, W. (n.d.). The Regime of Anastasio Somoza, 1936-1956. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, p. xiii.
Zimmerman, M. (2000). Sandinista: Carlos Fonseca and the Nicaraguan Revolution. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, pp.205-227.
Vilas, C. (1985). The workers' movement in the Sandinista revolution. In Harris, R. And Vilas, C. (eds.), Nicaragua: A Revolution Under Siege. London: Zed Books.
Zwerling, P. And Martin, C. (1985). Nicaragua: A New Kind of Revolution. Chicago, IL: Lawrence Hill Books. Also, reviewed in Foreign Affairs. n.p., 1 Sept. 1985. [Webpage]. Retrieved http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/40113/robert-d-crassweller/nicaragua-a-new-kind-of-revolution.
Library Search: Journal Articles
Harris, R.L. (1987). The revolutionary transformation of Nicaragua." Latin American Perspectives, 14(1 Winter), 3-18.
Leogrande, W.M. (1996). Making the economy scream:...
economic sanctions against Sandinista Nicaragua, Third World Quarterly, 17(2), 329-348.
Paris, R. (2002). Peacebuilding in Central America: Reproducing the sources of conflict? International Peacekeeping, 9(4 Winter), 39-68.
Schroeder, M.J. (2005). Bandits and blanket thieves, Communists and terrorists: The politics of naming Sandinistas in Nicaragua, 1927-36 and 1979-90. Third World Quarterly, 26(1), 67-86.
Walter, B.F. (1997). The critical barrier to civil war settlement." International Organization, 51(3 Summer), 335-64.
3. Magazines/Newspapers
Beale, J. (2006, September). The marathon man of Nicaraguan politics, BBC News. Retrieved http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/5305442.stm 2006).
(2006, April 19). U.S. urges Nicaragua to shun Ortega, BBC News. Retreived http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/americas/4921916.stm
(1990, February 28). A new revolution shakes Nicaragua, The Toronto…
Kirksville, MO: Truman University. [Website]. Retreived http://revolutions.truman.edu/nicaragua/index.htm
Klerlein, E. (2006, December 14). Environmental effects of Nicaraguan armed conflicts. ICE Case Studies. [Website]. Retrieved http://www1.american.edu/TED/ice/nicaragua.htm
Sandinista Revolution in Nicaragua. (2013). [Website]. Pennsylvania State University at Abbington. Retrieved http://www.abington.psu.edu/sandinista [Type text]
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