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- catalog abstract ""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 Democratica Nicaraguense (FDN), was a mercenary force hired by the CIA to oppose the Sandinista Socialist Revolution." "The Real Contra War demonstrates that in reality the vast majority of the FDN's combatants were peasants who had the full support of a mass popular movement consisting of the tough, independent inhabitants of Nicaragua's central highlands. The movement was merely the most recent instance of this peasantry's one-thousand-year history of resistance to those they saw as would-be conquerors."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11812391.
- catalog coverage "Nicaragua Politics and government 1979-1990.".
- catalog created "c2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "c2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2001.".
- catalog 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 Democratica Nicaraguense (FDN), was a mercenary force hired by the CIA to oppose the Sandinista Socialist Revolution." "The Real Contra War demonstrates that in reality the vast majority of the FDN's combatants were peasants who had the full support of a mass popular movement consisting of the tough, independent inhabitants of Nicaragua's central highlands. The movement was merely the most recent instance of this peasantry's one-thousand-year history of resistance to those they saw as would-be conquerors."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "1. Introduction: "A Whole Bunch of Really Pissed-Off Peasants" -- 2. The MILPAS War, 1979-1982 -- 3. Dimas, Father of the Contras -- 4. The MILPAS of Irene Calderon -- 5. Other MILPAS Groups -- 6. Exile Paramilitary Groups, 1979-1982 -- 7. Foreign Entanglements: Cuba, Costa Rica, and the CIA -- 8. Birth of the FDN: A Guardia/MILPAS Alliance -- 9. Structure and Organization of the Highlander Resistance Movement -- 10. Women Comandos: Heroes, Combatants, and Comarca Leaders -- 11. Geography of the Rebellion -- 12. History of the Highlanders -- 13. The Highlanders' Social Place -- 14. The FDN Returns of Its MILPAS Roots, 1988-1990 -- 15. The Silent War against the Highlanders Continues, 1990-1996 -- 16. From Poor Peasants to Power Bloc: The Difference Democracy Can Make -- 17. Resistance and Survival -- 18. Conclusions -- App. A. Personnel Report -- App. B. Sample FDN Comando Personnel File -- App. C. Samples from Chronological Message Files -- App. D. Sample FDN Status of Forces Report -- App. E. EPS Arms Inventory and Request -- App. F. Costa Rican Passport of Alejandro Martinez.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog extent "xxvii, 321 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0806132523 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "c2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Norman : University of Oklahoma Press,".
- catalog spatial "Nicaragua Politics and government 1979-1990.".
- catalog spatial "Nicaragua.".
- catalog subject "972.8505/3 21".
- catalog subject "Counterrevolutionaries Nicaragua.".
- catalog subject "Counterrevolutions Nicaragua.".
- catalog subject "F1528 .F7785 2001".
- catalog subject "Fuerza Democrática Nicaragüense.".
- catalog subject "Insurgency Nicaragua.".
- catalog subject "Milicias Populares Anti-Sandinistas.".
- catalog subject "Militias Populares Anti-Sandinistas (Guerrilla group)".
- catalog subject "Peasant uprisings Nicaragua.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Introduction: "A Whole Bunch of Really Pissed-Off Peasants" -- 2. The MILPAS War, 1979-1982 -- 3. Dimas, Father of the Contras -- 4. The MILPAS of Irene Calderon -- 5. Other MILPAS Groups -- 6. Exile Paramilitary Groups, 1979-1982 -- 7. Foreign Entanglements: Cuba, Costa Rica, and the CIA -- 8. Birth of the FDN: A Guardia/MILPAS Alliance -- 9. Structure and Organization of the Highlander Resistance Movement -- 10. Women Comandos: Heroes, Combatants, and Comarca Leaders -- 11. Geography of the Rebellion -- 12. History of the Highlanders -- 13. The Highlanders' Social Place -- 14. The FDN Returns of Its MILPAS Roots, 1988-1990 -- 15. The Silent War against the Highlanders Continues, 1990-1996 -- 16. From Poor Peasants to Power Bloc: The Difference Democracy Can Make -- 17. Resistance and Survival -- 18. Conclusions -- App. A. Personnel Report -- App. B. Sample FDN Comando Personnel File -- App. C. Samples from Chronological Message Files -- App. D. Sample FDN Status of Forces Report -- App. E. EPS Arms Inventory and Request -- App. F. Costa Rican Passport of Alejandro Martinez.".
- catalog title "The real Contra War : highlander peasant resistance in Nicaragua / Timothy C. Brown.".
- catalog type "text".