Blood of Brothers: Life and War in Nicaragua [B0841]

2007 PB in excellent condition. 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.

From recent Amazon/GoodReads reviews: "This book provides a really comprehensive look at the Civil War in Nicaragua. I definitely recommend it if you are planning a trip to this beautiful country, or if you are just interested in Nicaraguan history."; "Excellent read for history of Nicaragua. Spent a long time in the 80s which, today, seems long ago. Still, highly relevant context."; "Who would have thought that a 33 year-old book about Nicaragua would be my first full 5 star nonfiction book of the year. As a neutral observer, I found it fascinating how Reagan's misadventures in Central America and his thought process so closely mirrored W's misadventures in the Middle East. It seems like some things never change. At first glance, this book seems like it would be a dry academic study of the Sandinista-contra conflict. But it is anything but. 400 pages about Nicaragua blew by, and I strongly recommend the book. 5 stars."