Augusto "César" Sandino

"In 1979, President Jimmy Carter helped the Sandinista Liberation Front oust the Somoza dynasty in Nicaragua and turned the term sandinista into a household word. Few realized that the name came from Augusto Sandino, the Nicaraguan rebel who fought American intervention in his country during the late 1920s and early 1930s.". "This book sheds new light on Sandino's complex nature and developing rebellion. Some branded him a terrorist. Others hailed him as a patriot. Rather than take sides, Marco Aurelio Navarro-Genie carefully assesses Sandino's wider actions as well as his evolving beliefs and disposition. Using previously unpublished and existing sources, he reveals how Sandino assumed many faces with equal fervor: nationalist, communist, anarchist, socialist, and theosophist.". "Ultimately, Sandino saw himself as a Divine incarnation. In exploring how religion dominated his persona and activated his political and social projects, this book portrays Sandino as not just a rebel but a revolutionary prophet and messiah. It is at once an intriguing and significant contribution to the growing literature on Sandino, on Nicaraguan and Latin American history, and on millenarian movements and religions."--BOOK JACKET.