Washington, Somoza and the Sandinistas : Stage and Regime in US Policy toward Nicaragua 1969–1981 (Paperback)

1. Introduction: permament and transitory interests in US foreign policy; 2. Washington and the Somoza dynasty: from consolidation to crisis of a client dictatorship; 3. Supporting Somoza: substance and symbol in American policy during the Nixon-Ford era; 4. The Carter administration and Nicaragua: human rights and the politics of accommodation; 5. The Carter administration and Nicaragua: mediation and the politics of frustration; 6. Washington ruptures an historic relationship: dumping the dictator to save the state; 7. The Carter administration and revolutionary Nicaragua: containing Sandinista power; 8. Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography.