The real Contra War : highlander peasant resistance in Nicaragua /

The real Contra War : highlander peasant resistance in Nicaragua /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Brown, Timothy C (Timothy Charles), 1938-
Corporate Author:	EBSCOhost
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, ©2001
Subjects:	Fuerza Democrática Nicaragüense Milicias Populares Anti-Sandinistas Counterrevolutionaries > Nicaragua Counterrevolutions > Nicaragua Insurgency > Nicaragua Peasant uprisings > Nicaragua Nicaragua > Politics and government > 1979-1990

Table of Contents:

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