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- From: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu (Rich Winkel)
- Subject: Nicaragua: "A Faustian Bargain"
- Message-ID: <1992Aug17.230226.29298@mont.cs.missouri.edu>
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- ** Topic: More on "A Faustian Bargain" **
- ** Written 10:30 am Aug 17, 1992 by anndc in cdp:reg.nicaragua **
- Westview Press has published a new book on Nicaragua's 1990
- elections, "A Faustian Bargain: U.S. Intervention in the
- Nicaraguan Elections and American Foreign Policy in the Post-Cold
- War Era," by William I. Robinson.
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- Roger Morris, former National Security Council staff member
- during the Johnson and Nixon administrations, writes: "Once in a
- great while, Americans get a glimpse of American foreign policy
- as the rest of the world views it. 'A Faustian Bargain' provides
- one of those rare moments. William Robinson reveals the hidden
- history of subtle and not-so-subtle U.S. intervention in the
- ostensibly 'free' Nicaraguan elections and in the process holds
- up a shattering mirror on Washington's fraud, deceit, and
- hypocrisy. The result is far more than a well-documented, finely
- written case study of U.S. manipulation and oppression in the
- Western Hemisphere. In the era of worldwide cable news,
- international commissions, and election 'observers,' the old
- methods of control have given way to less obvious techniques that
- are more presentable but no less savage in result. This book is
- not only a stunning portrait of the all-too-recent past but also
- a warning of a possible tragic future in inter-American
- relations."
-
- From the book: "A penetrating analysis of the controversial U.S.
- role in the 1990 Nicaraguan elections--the most closely monitored
- in history--this book exposes the intervention in the electoral
- process of a sovereign nation by the Central Intelligence Agency,
- the Department of State, the National Endowment for Democracy,
- and private U.S.-based organizations.
- Robinson begins by tracing the evolution of U.S. foreign
- policy in recent decades and reviewing U.S.-Nicaraguan relations
- since the Carter administration. He then describes specific
- aspects of the 'electoral intervention project,' bringing to
- light the clandestine activities of U.S. officials. Finally, he
- examines the implications of such an undertaking for U.S. foreign
- policy and for social change in the Third World in the post-cold
- war era, arguing that it is a dangerous harbinger of a new
- interventionism conducted under the pretext of promoting
- democracy.
- Drawing on an extensive array of confidential documents and
- on interviews with representatives from U.S. and foreign
- government agencies, private organizations, and anti-Sandinista
- groups in Nicaragua, the author offers a chilling account of a
- foreign policy venture that was at the very least duplicitous and
- quite possible illegal as well."
-
- For order information, write to: Westview Press, 5500 Central
- Ave., Boulder, Colorado, 80301-2847.
-
-
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