ix, 310 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography
Bibliography: pages 295-298.
Note
Includes index.
Contents
Welcome to Central America : an introdcution to Fantasy Isthmus -- The search for Central America : John Lloyd Stephens, William Walker, and Smedley Butler -- Democracy, intervention, and dependency : the road to the alliance for progress and beyond -- The Carter Administration faces Central America : the ten-year crisis begins -- The search for a Central America policy -- War track, peace track : 1981-83 -- Southern exposure : Latins view the conflict and the peace process -- The Nicaraguan obsession -- Spring 1988 -- September 1988.