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Title: Banana Diplomacy: The Making of American Policy in Nicaragua, 1981-1987 by Roy Gutman ISBN: 0-671-60626-3 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 01 May, 1988 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95

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Average Customer Rating: 3 (1 review)

Rating: 3
Summary: Banana Split
Comment: I found out about this book in the author's notes of another book on the politics of the Reagan administration, which stated it was well worth the read. It sounded interesting so I gave it a try. What I was looking for and what this book delivered were, unfortunately for me, two separate items. I wanted a nice political review of what the Reagan administration policies were, how they were created and an overview of how they effected the countries in the region. The book was an in depth, step by step review of the implementation of the policies in the countries effected. Somewhat interesting but it tended to drag me down into the detail. If you are a scholar of Central American then I would assume this book is probably one of the must reads. I just wanted a brief overview of the area and a in depth review of the politics within the administration and this was covered far too lightly for me.

What happened to me was that I got bored with the detail of the players in Central American and was disappointed in the amount of Washington insider info. That is not to say that the book was bad, the author wrote in a easy to read and understand method. He clearly detailed some rather complicated political situations and was through with the footnotes. It is just a case of what the reader wanted and book not matching.