title: The New Nicaragua: Lessons in Development, Democracy, and Nation-Building for the United States (Praeger Security International)
author:  Steven E. Hendrix 
description: "In the spring of 2005, the US Agency for International Development (USAID) asked its erstwhile agent Hendrex (law, DePaul U., Chicago) to go to the Central American country to spearhead the US government's democracy building. Here he recounts his two years in Managua, of which he is very proud. Among his topics are jumpstarting the rule of law in August 2005, international collaboration and turkeys in November, the Atlantic Coast regional election in March 2006, the Organization of American States engages in August, the election and its aftermath in November, the new Ortega administration begins to show its stripes in February 2007, and toward sustainability in counterweights and democracy in June." - <strong>Reference &amp; Research Book News</strong>
zlib_text: **Contents**
  
    *  _Preface to the 2015 Edition_
    *  _Introduction_
    *  _Chapter 1: Free World Vignettes_
      * _1 The Miseries of Traditional Life_
      *  _2 Challenge and Response: Nicaragua_
      *  _3 Challenge and Response: El Salvador_
      *  _4 Challenge and Response: Guatemala_
      *  _5 The Reagan Administration and Human Rights_
      *  _6 The Contribution of the Mercenary States_
      *  _7 The Planning of State Terror_
      *  _8 The Miseries of Traditional Life: A Further Note_
    *  _Chapter 2: The Fifth Freedom_
      * _1 Rhetoric and Reality_
      *  _2 The Perceptions of the Planners_
      *  _3 Latin America: “An Incident, Not An End”_
      *  _4 Planning For Global Hegemony_
      *  _5 The Crimes of Nicaragua_
    *  _Chapter 3: Patterns of Intervention_
      * _1 Defending our Sovereignty_
      *  _2 The Rule of Law and the Rule of Force_
      *  _3 The US and El Salvador in Historical Perspective_
      *  _4 Contemporary State Terrorism: the System Established_
      *  _5 The Sys