Table of Contents

Introduction — Introduction — Nicaraguan Foreign Policy: A Theoretical Focus — Domestic Constraints on Foreign Policy — Sandinism and Nicaraguan Political Structures — Economic Realities and Constraints — The Domestic Opposition and External Actors — International Constraints on Foreign Policy — US Policy Toward the Nicaraguan Revolution — US Economic and Military Policy: Low-Intensity Attrition Warfare — Latin America and Europe View the Revolution — Patterns in Revolutionary Nicaragua's Foreign Policy — Nicaraguan Military and Defense Policy — Nicaraguan Internationalism: Principled Pragmatism and Survival — Nicaragua's Regional Negotiating Positions — The Sandinista Record: "No Longer a Banana Republic" — Newspapers and Periodicals Cited