Blood of Brothers: Life and War in Nicaragua

by Stephen Kinzer · 1991

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This is Stephen 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 portrait of the Nicaraguan people and their volcanic land, a cultural history rich in poetry and bloodshed, baseball and insurrection.

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war and militarywar and militaryMore like thisLess of this
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Latin AmericaLatin AmericaMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
long · 460 pages

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