Sandinistas

Sandinistas is about the Nicaraguan revolution and the party that leads it, the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN). In the early chapters of the book, author Dennis Gilbert tell who the Sandinistas are and what they believe. He probes the inner workings of the FSLN and the party's relations with the organized masses, the military and the revolutionary state. The second half of the book examines the Sandinistas in action, as they deal with peasants, businessmen, Christians, and Yankees. The final chapter covers the history of US-Nicaraguan relations from 1855-1988.

Sandinistas is a balanced, sophisticated, readable account of the most significant revolutionary experience of our day.

Historical Introduction - from Sandino to Sandinistas

Part I Sandinistas: the ideology of the FSLN

The party

The party in the state and mass organizations

Part II The party and the Revolution: peasants - Sandinista agrarian policy

The bourgeoisie and the Revolution

Christians - the Church and the revolution

Yankees and Sandinistas

Conclusion - the Vanguard and the Revolution.

Dennis Gilbert is the author of Sandinistas: The Party and the Revolution, published by Wiley. Sandinistas is about the Nicaraguan revolution and the party that leads it, the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN). In the early chapters of the book, author Dennis Gilbert tell who the Sandinistas are and what they believe. He probes the inner workings of the FSLN and the party's relations with the organized masses, the military and the revolutionary state. The second half of the book examines the Sandinistas in action, as they deal with peasants, businessmen, Christians, and Yankees. The final chapter covers the history of US-Nicaraguan relations from 1855-1988.

Sandinistas is a balanced, sophisticated, readable account of the most significant revolutionary experience of our day.