| Blood of Brothers: Life and War in Nicaragua, with New Afterword Revised Edition Contributor(s): Kinzer, Stephen (Author), Grindle, Merilee S. (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0674025938 ISBN-13: 9780674025936 Publisher: David Rockefeller Center for Latin American S OUR PRICE: $22.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2007 Annotation: In 1976, at age twenty-five, Stephen Kinzer arrived in Nicaragua as a freelance journalist--and became a witness to history. He returned many times during the years that followed, becoming Latin America correspondent for the "Boston Globe" in 1981 and joining the foreign staff of the "New York Times" in 1983. That year he openedthe "New York Times" Managua bureau, making that newspaper the first daily in America to maintain a full-time office in Nicaragua. Widely considered the best-connected journalist in Central America, Kinzer personally met and interviewed people at every level of the Somoza, Sandinistas and contra hierarchies, as well as dissidents, heads of state, and countless ordinary citizens throughout the region. "Blood of Brothers" is Kinzer's dramatic story of the centuries-old power struggle that burst into the headlines in 1979 with the overthrow of the Somoza dictatorship. It is a vibrant portrait of the Nicaraguan people and their volcanic land, a cultural history rich in poetry and bloodshed, baseball and insurrection. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Latin America - Central America - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Communism, Post-communism & Socialism |
| Dewey: 972.850 |
| Series: Latin American Studies |
| Physical Information: 1.12" H x 6.28" W x 8.91" (1.69 lbs) 450 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1950-1999 - Cultural Region - Latin America |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In 1976, at age twenty-five, Stephen Kinzer arrived in Nicaragua as a freelance journalist--and became a witness to history. He returned many times during the years that followed, becoming Latin America correspondent for the Boston Globe in 1981 and joining the foreign staff of the New York Times in 1983. That year he opened the New York Times Managua bureau, making that newspaper the first daily in America to maintain a full-time office in Nicaragua. Widely considered the best-connected journalist in Central America, Kinzer personally met and interviewed people at every level of the Somoza, Sandinistas and contra hierarchies, as well as dissidents, heads of state, and countless ordinary citizens throughout the region. Blood of Brothers is Kinzer's dramatic story of the centuries-old power struggle that burst into the headlines in 1979 with the overthrow of the Somoza dictatorship. It is a vibrant portrait of the Nicaraguan people and their volcanic land, a cultural history rich in poetry and bloodshed, baseball and insurrection. |
Contributor Bio(s): Kinzer, Stephen: - Stephen Kinzer is a Senior Fellow at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown University.Grindle, Merilee S.: - Merilee S. Grindle is Edward S. Mason Professor of International Development, Emerita, at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and the former Director of the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies at Harvard University. |