Product Description: The Contra War and the Iran-Contra affair that shook the Reagan presidency were center stage on the U.S. political scene for nearly a decade. According to most observers, the main Contra army, or the Fuerza Democrática Nicaragüense (FDN), was a mercenary force hired by the CIA to oppose the Sandinista socialist revolution...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

The former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives describes how he led the fight in Congress against Reagan and Bush's Central American policies and negotiated directly with Sandinistas and other Central American leaders. 25,000 first printing.

A combat engineer officer who served in Honduras offers a firsthand account of the complexities and contributions of the U.S. presence in Central America, exploring the Central American countries' crises, history, and culture. Original.

Product Description: This overview of the Sandinista revolution in Nicaragua offers an interdisciplinary study of the domestic and foreign challenges that faced the Sandinista government during its ten years in power. Based on extensive research in Nicaragua during the revolution, the essays examine important aspects of both the revolution and the US-orchestrated counter-revolution that brought it to an end...read more

Product Description: This overview of the Sandinista revolution in Nicaragua offers an interdisciplinary study of the domestic and foreign challenges that faced the Sandinista government during its ten years in power. Based on extensive research in Nicaragua during the revolution, the essays examine important aspects of both the revolution and the US-orchestrated counter-revolution that brought it to an end...read more

A freelance mercenary discusses his experiences as a professional soldier in Central America, his association with the Nicaraguan Contras, and his relationship with the CIA and the Pentagon

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