Somoza And the Legacy of U.S. Involvement in Central America by Bernard Diederich (1981-09-29) - Hardcover

Bernard Diederich

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0525206701 ISBN 13: 9780525206705

Publisher: E. P. Dutton, 1981

Synopsis

This engaging story of Nicaragua's notorious tyrant is more than a biography. Solidly written for a general as well as scholarly audience, it paints a portrait of the man against a backdrop of Nicaragua's political structure, social circumstance, and economic background, encompassing its relations with other Central American countries and the ramifications of the civil war of 1978-79.

About this title

About the Author:

As a correspondent for Time Magazine, Bernard Diederich covered Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean. He is the author of "Trujillo: The Death of a Dictator", "Somoza and the Legacy of U.S. Involvement in Central America", "The Ghosts of Makara" and "Papa Doc and the Tontos Macoutes."

Review:

"Bernard Diederich has made a specialty of writing about some of the least likeable figures in contemporary history--first Duvalier of Haiti and Trujillo of the Dominican Republic and now the Somozas of Nicaragua." -- The New York Times Book Review

"Diederich's perceptive, carefully documented, and readable account, Somoza, casts fresh light on a dilemma that has vexed one U.S. Administration after another. -- Business Week

"[This] book is . . . very much the work of a reporter, setting out in great and readable detail, chronologically, the rise and fall of Tacho II, the last member of the Somoza dynasty." -- New Society

About this edition

• Publisher: E. P. Dutton
• Publication date: 1981
• ISBN 10: 0525206701
• ISBN 13: 9780525206705
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 352