George Black. The Sandinista Revolution in Nicaragua.

Contents

Glossary of Organisations

Maps

Part 1

Somocismo and Sandinismo

1 – The Weakness of the Nicaraguan State

2 – Sandino and the Tradition of Resistance

3 – The Somozas — Building the Family

4 – Protecting the Dynasty

5 – The 1972 Earthquake and After: Somocismo in Crisis

Part 2

Overthrowing the Dictatorship

6 – Guerrilla War – People’s War

7 – The FSLN Takes the Lead, 1977-78

8 – Insurrection, 1978

9 – The Favourable Moment: Preparing the Final Offensive

10 – The Triumph of Sandinismo

Part 3

The People in Power

11 – Building the New Order

12 – Revolutionary Democracy and Revolutionary Power

13 – A Strategy for Workers and Peasants

14 – Consolidating the Revolution: Five Essays

15 – The Threat of Counter-Revolution