Why Nicaragua Vanished: A Story of Reporters and Revolutionaries

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This book takes a closer look at the perceptions that Americans develop about foreign countries and the role the press plays in creating those perceptions.

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What really happened in Nicaragua Robert Leiken analyzes the shocking misreporting of American journalists and their failure to understand why the Sandinistas lost in 1990. Written with verve and calm, his account will open your eyes to a parade of media stereotypes. Though not an angry book, it will make a reasonable person angry. -- Harvey C. Mansfield, Harvard University
Robert Leiken has been seeking and telling the truth about events in Nicaragua for more than 20 years. Not everyone else has done so. Here is his report on what he has learned, and what everyone interested in Nicaragua should know. -- Michael Barone, senior writer, U.S. News & World Report, and co-author of The Almanac of American Politics
Provides intriguing answers to these questions and for the first time tests media coverage of a major foreign policy crisis against an independent analysis of the events covered. Beautifully written, Why Nicaragua Vanished is perfect for all interested in the media, foreign policy, Latin America, or U.S. intellectual life. * Sir Read Alot Book Review *
The book is highly detailed, and often persuasive. * Columbia Journalism Review *
Robert Leiken has produced a masterpiece of serious scholarship, sound reasoning, and lucid writing. His detailed examination of media bias should have a profound impact on the way Americans view news coverage of foreign policy, and, one hopes, on the way journalists view themselves. -- Robert Kagan, author of A Twilight Struggle: American Power and Nicaragua, 19771990

Author Bio

Robert S. Leiken is a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution and is the author of several books on Latin America. His commentaries and articles have appeared in many newspapers and magazines, including The New York Review of Books, The New Republic, The Times Literary Supplement, and Commentary. Previously, Mr. Leiken has been a senior associate at the Harvard Center for International Affairs, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He taught at Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston University, and Boston College.