1. Introduction: permament and transitory interests in US foreign policy 2. Washington and the Somoza dynasty: from consolidation to crisis of a client dictatorship 3. Supporting Somoza: substance and symbol in American policy during the Nixon-Ford era 4. The Carter administration and Nicaragua: human rights and the politics of accommodation 5. The Carter administration and Nicaragua: mediation and the politics of frustration 6. Washington ruptures an historic relationship: dumping the dictator to save the state 7. The Carter administration and revolutionary Nicaragua: containing Sandinista power 8. Conclusion Notes Bibliography.
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