Washington's War on Nicaragua, Chapter 1 (ebook)

This is a severe critique of the basis for U.S. foreign policy in Latin America in general, and Nicaragua specifically, which fully documents the underlying assumptions and actions of the Carter and Reagan administrations toward that country. The author contends that the United States has pursued an interventionist policy, and that instead of debating how much we should involve ourselves, politicians need to examine the antidemocratic and immoral assumptions of U.S. policy. Sklar makes an excellent case, which surely will call up the old question: If other countries don't pursue such morally consistent policies, why should we? Recommended for most libraries.