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The Reason the Reagan Administration Overthrew the Sandinista Government

Santos Flores, Kevin A.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1268941542

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2010, Master of Arts (MA), Ohio University, Latin American Studies (International Studies).
The purpose of my study is to understand why the United States intervened in Nicaragua in the early 1980s to overthrow the Sandinista government. I will be looking at declassified documents, radio transcripts, campaign papers, and presidential speeches to determine why officials in the Reagan administration believed that American involvement in Central America was crucial to U.S. national security. This thesis argues that the Reagan administration’s decision to overthrow the Sandinista government was shaped by the preconceived notion of Ronald Reagan, the administration’s inability to distinguish from perception and reality of the events occurring in Nicaragua, and to undermine the Nicaraguan revolution as a model for other guerrilla organizations in Central America that could have potentially challenged American hegemony in the region.
Patricia Weitsman, PhD (Committee Chair)
Thomas Walker, PhD (Committee Member)
Brad Jokisch, PhD (Committee Member)
87 p.
Hispanic Americans; International Relations; Latin American History; Political Science
FSLN; Committee of Santa Fe; Political Psychology; Reagan Administration; Nicaragua; The Contras

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  • Santos Flores, K. A. (2010). The Reason the Reagan Administration Overthrew the Sandinista Government [Master's thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1268941542

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Santos Flores, Kevin. The Reason the Reagan Administration Overthrew the Sandinista Government. 2010. Ohio University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1268941542.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Santos Flores, Kevin. "The Reason the Reagan Administration Overthrew the Sandinista Government." Master's thesis, Ohio University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1268941542

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