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BL
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839475
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Dunbar-Ortiz, Roxanne,1938-
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| Title & Author
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Blood on the border : : a memoir of the Contra War /\ by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz ; with a new afterword ; foreword by Margaret Randall.
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| Edition Statement
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Oklahoma paperback edition.
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| Publication Statement
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Norman :: University of Oklahoma Press,, 2016.
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1 online resource
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| ISBN
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0806156449
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: 9780806156446
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0806153849
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9780806153841
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| Notes
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Originally published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : South End Press, 2005.
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| Contents
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Prologue -- The road to Nicaragua runs through the Black Hills -- Starting over and finding the Sandinista revolution -- Desaparecidos -- A revolution is not a dinner party -- House arrest -- Culture shock -- Red Christmas -- A cruel spring -- Getting to know Rigoberta -- Drinking for courage -- International law, and international lawlessness -- Guide -- City of refuge -- Missionaries and mercenaries -- Refugees -- Quemada -- The final chapter : rednecks and Indian Country, again -- Epilogue.
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| Abstract
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"This is a revised edition of Blood on the Border, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz's memoir of her involvement in the Contra War of Nicaragua during the Reagan administration. This edition features an all-new afterword by the author. Blood on the Border completes Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz's memoir series that started with Red Dirt and continued with Outlaw Woman"--Provided by publisher.
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Dunbar-Ortiz, Roxanne,1938-
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Dunbar-Ortiz, Roxanne,1938-
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Nicaragua.-- History.
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Nicaragua.
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Fuerza Democrática Nicaragüense-- History.
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Fuerza Democrática Nicaragüense.
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Americans-- Nicaragua, Biography.
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Counterrevolutions-- Nicaragua-- History-- 20th century.
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Miskito Indians-- History-- 20th century.
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Political activists-- Nicaragua, Biography.
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Terrorism-- Nicaragua-- History-- 20th century.
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Americans.
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Counterrevolutions.
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HISTORY-- Latin America-- Mexico.
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Miskito Indians.
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Political activists.
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Terrorism.
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Nicaragua, History, 1979-1990.
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Nicaragua.
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| Dewey Classification
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972.8505/3
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| LC Classification
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F1528.O78 2016eb
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