Nicaragua Story—Back Roads of the Contra War
W. M. Raebeck
- A
- BOLD
- PEOPLE
- –
- A
- DIFFERENT
- KIND
- OF
- STRENGTHWith
- a
- twist
- or
- two,
- this
- original
- first-hand
- account
- documents
- an
- extreme
- moment
- in
- time.
- Heartbreaking,
- sometimes
- even
- funny,
- it
- will
- broaden
- even
- the
- broadest
- perspective.A
- freelance
- journalist
- on
- her
- second
- trip
- to
- Nicaragua
- reports
- the
- unbiased
- truth
- of
- a
- people's
- war.
- Throughout
- the
- journey,
- back
- story
- is
- also
- provided,
- as
- well
- as
- clarification
- of
- politics
- and
- terminology
- so
- readers
- don't
- get
- lost
- along
- the
- way.Though
- 'Nicaragua
- Story'
- is
- something
- of
- a
- 'war
- book,'
- it's
- truthful
- and
- shocking
- history
- everyone
- should
- know.But
- if
- you
- believe
- the
- United
- States
- can
- do
- no
- wrong,
- better
- brace
- yourself.From
- back
- cover:In
- the
- 1980s,
- NICARAGUA
- experienced
- an
- ideology-based
- revolution
- rarely
- seen
- on
- the
- world
- stage.
- It
- was
- regarded
- globally
- as
- bold
- and
- even
- beautiful.
- From
- distant
- shores,
- volunteers
- arrived
- to
- support
- the
- newly-elected
- 'Sandinista'
- government
- in
- its
- quest
- for
- self-determination.The
- only
- problem,
- a
- massive
- one,
- was
- that
- its
- neighbor
- to
- the
- north,
- none
- other
- than
- the
- USA,
- violently
- opposed
- the
- Nicaraguan
- peoples'
- overthrow
- of
- the
- previous
- brutal,
- dictatorial
- regime—that
- the
- US
- had
- controlled
- and
- sponsored
- for decades.
