Description
Prior to the 1980s Honduras was once an difficult to understand backwater, of little public or policy concern in america. With the appearance of the Reagan administration, on the other hand, Honduras become a launching pad for the administration’s contra was once against the Sandinista government in Nicaragua and for counterinsurgency operations in El Salvador. Placing events within the context of Honduran history, the authors provide an interesting account of Honduran domestic politics and of the personalities, motives, and maneuvers of policymakers on each side of the U.S.-Honduras relationship– too incessantly a tale of intrigue, violence, and corruption.