A Faustian Bargain: U.s. Intervention In The Nicaraguan Elections And American Foreign Policy In The Post-cold War EraA penetrating analysis of the controversial U.S. role in the 1990 Nicaraguan elections-the most closely monitored in history-this book exposes the intervention in the electoral process of a sovereign nation by the Central Intelligence Agency, the Department of State, the National Endowment for Democracy, and private U.S.-based organizations. Robins |
Contents
Nicaragua from Carter to Reagan to Bush | |
Creating a Political Opposition | |
Consolidating a Civic Opposition Front | |
The International Network | |
The CIA Public Relations Secret Relations and Multiple Money Pots | |
The Making of a Faustian Bargain | |
LowIntensity Democracies? | |
Postelectoral U S Intervention | |
Old Habits New Opportunities in Nicaragua | |
Chronology | |
List of Acronyms | |
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