Sergio Ramírez

Adiós Muchachos

A Memoir of the Sandinista Revolution

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Produktbeschreibung

Sergio Ramírez, Vice President of Nicaragua from 1984 to 1990, offers his memoir of the turbulent years that toppled the Samoza dictatorship in 1979 and the triumphs and shortcomings of the Sandinista National Liberation Front that was charged with national reconstruction and social transformation in a country besieged by internal conflicts and foreign aggression.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Oktober 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 154mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 378g
• ISBN-13: 9780822350873
• ISBN-10: 0822350874
• Artikelnr.: 34162421

Autorenporträt

Sergio Ramírez

Inhaltsangabe

Preface to the Spanish Edition, Published in 2007 / The Shadow of the
Caudillo xi
Acknowledgments xix
Introduction 1
1. Partial Confession 5
2. Saintly Living 17
3. The Age of Innocence 35
4. The Swan over the Burning Coals 49
5. The Age of Malice 65
6. Monkey on a Leash 81
7. Manifest Destiny 93
8. The Likely Number Thirteen 113
9. Heaven on Earth 127
10. The Year of the Pig 143
11. Rivers of Milk and Honey 159
12. The Palace at Last! 173
13. Saturn's Jaws 191
Epilogue 207
Chronology, 1979-1990 211
Glossary 223
Index 229