In Review
Hopeful Openings: A Study of Five Women's Development Organizations in Latin America and the Caribbean by Sally W. Yudelman. Kumarian Press, 1987, 127 pp. $14.95 (paper). This book looks at...
...24.50 (cloth...
...A provocative study of Sandinista ideology both under Augusto C6sar Sandino and in its contemporary FSLN form...
...This book looks at development and poverty-oriented women's organizations created during the UN Decade for Women (1975-1985...
...Its only drawback, and a minor one at that, is Davis' reluctance to express how Nicaragua has affected him, a process he describes as inevitable for the North Americans and Nicaraguans in his book...
...War Against Nicaragua by William I. Robinson and Kent Norsworthy...
...Chronicles the evolution of U.S...
...aid has only worsened the region's economic crisis...
...Carlton Beals: A Radical Journalist in Latin America by John A. Britten...
...Los Macheteros: The Wells Fargo Robbery and the Violent Struggle for Puerto Rican Independence by Ronald Femmindez...
...Thoughtful case studies from Mexico, Honduras, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic and the English-speaking Caribbean describe these groups' "successes and failures, their problems and constraints and their prospects for a future when the climate may be less propitious for women and women's concerns...
...This report documents the military nature of most economic aid to Central America...
...19.95 (cloth...
...Ferntndez addresses definitions of sovereignty and terrorism, arguing that the Macheteros are patriots...
...Confronting Revolutions: Security through Diplomacy in Central America, edited by Morris Blachman, William LeoGrande and Kenneth Sharpe...
...by Peter Davis...
...Drawing on a wide range of sources, Hodges argues that Sandino was an internationalist strongly influenced by anarco-syndicalism and the Mexican Revolution...
...This renowned film-maker brings his cinematic eye and capacity for story-telling to Nicaragua...
...policy in Central America under the Carter and Reagan Administrations...
...A detailed history of the life and times of free-lancer Carlton Beals, who covered Mexico, Nicaragua, Guatemala and Cuba from the 1920s to the 1960s...
...A rich and colorful account of Davis' travels through the country and his study of the ambiguities and contradictions of its revolution...
...11.00 (paper...
...A massive undertaking by two young North Americans residing in Nicaragua, and perhaps the most complete documentation of the war available in one place...
...A gripping, personal narrative of three decades of U.S.-Cuban relations by a U.S...
...A suspense-filled account of the largest single-handed robbery in U.S...
...David and Goliath: The U.S...
...FernAndez weaves together a portrait of Wells Fargo employee and revolutionary Victor Gerena with an analysis of Puerto Rican history and the FBI investigation of the case...
...Britten portrays Beals as a pioneer whose critical support of the revolutionary movements he covered contributed to the development of Third World studies...
...Interests Section there...
...24.95 (cloth...
...Simon and Shuster, 1987, 347 pp...
...7.95 (paper...
...University of New Mexico Press, 1987, 309 pp...
...Prentiss Hall Press, 1987, 272 pp...
...Proposes compelling U.S...
...policy alternatives...
...12.95 (paper...
...11.50 (paper...
...Norton & Company, 1987, 308 pp...
...Fifteen scholars examine the impact of U.S...
...The analysis of low-intensity conflict in Nicaragua makes a significant contribution to this ongoing debate...
...18.95 (cloth...
...Pantheon Books, 1986, 438 pp...
...Where is Nicaragua...
...6 (paper...
...Intellectual Foundations of the Nicaraguan Revolution by Donald C. Hodges...
...Filled with useful graphs, statistics and tables...
...strategy and Nicaragua's defense through a detailed study based on field research and press accounts...
...A sympathetic account of the development of Sandinista ideology for fans of Nicaraguan history, Latin American nationalism or revolutionary theory...
...policy, as well as case studies of five countries...
...Smith resigned from the Foreign Service in protest over the Reagan Administration's policies in Latin America...
...Help or Hindrance?: United States Economic Aid in Central America by the Institute for Food and Development Policy...
...Today's Sandinismo, he says, contains a "popular and folkoric" as well as an "intellectual and systematic" current...
...Beyond its excellent scholarship and cogent argumentation, Fagen's latest contribution to the public debate over Central America contains a historical synopsis of the crisis and recent U.S...
...The Closest of Enemies: A Personal and Diplomatic Account of U.S.Cuban Relations Since 1957 by Wayne S. Smith...
...Based on Beals' extensive writings and other sources, the author argues that his analysis was unique, using U.S...
...University of Texas Press, 1986, 378 pp...
...With only a small fraction of aid going toward the poor, the book explains, it is not surprising that pouring in ever more U.S...
...Forging Peace: The Challenge of Central America by Richard R. Fagen...
...PACCA/Basil Blackwell, 1987, 150 pp...
...17.95 (cloth...
...diplomat who served in Havana at the time of the revolution and later headed the U.S...
...27.50 (cloth...
...A good book for beginners, policy institutions and college campuses alike...
...Food First Books, 1987, 74 pp...
...history and how it was used to finance the Puerto Rican nationalist Macheteros...
...Monthly Review Press, 1987, 387 pp...
...Particularly valuable for readers who have never been there...
...leftist populism in the tradition of Eugene Debs to understand revolution and imperialism in Latin America...
...In addition to case studies of six Central American countries, the book examines the role of major actors in the region (Contadora, Cuba, the Soviet Union) and concludes by suggesting policy alternatives for the region as a whole as well as each country...
Vol. 21 • May 1987 • No. 3
