What went wrong? : : the Nicaraguan Revolution : a Marxist analysis / / by Dan La Botz.
This volume is a valuable re-assessment of the Nicaraguan Revolution by a Marxist historian of Latin American political history. It shows that the FSLN (‘the Sandinistas’), with politics principally shaped by Soviet and Cuban Communism, never had a commitment to genuine democracy either within the r...
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| Superior document: | Historical Materialism Book Series, Volume 127 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, Netherlands : : Brill,, 2016. ©2016 |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Historical materialism book series ;
Volume 127. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (429 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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| Summary: | This volume is a valuable re-assessment of the Nicaraguan Revolution by a Marxist historian of Latin American political history. It shows that the FSLN (‘the Sandinistas’), with politics principally shaped by Soviet and Cuban Communism, never had a commitment to genuine democracy either within the revolutionary movement or within society at large; that the FSLN’s lack of commitment to democracy was a key factor in the way that revolution was betrayed from the 1970s to the 1990s; and that the FSLN’s lack of rank-and-file democracy left all decision-making to the National Directorate and ultimately placed that power in the hands of Daniel Ortega. Pursuing his narrative into the present, La Botz shows that, once their would-be bureaucratic ruling class project was defeated, Ortega and the FSLN leadership turned to an alliance with the capitalist class. |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9004291318 |
| ISSN: | 1570-1522 ; |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | by Dan La Botz. |