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9. We return to the cases; only in the last was the matter incidental rather
than central to US concerns.
10. Charles Clements, Witness to War (Bantam, 1984); preface by Murat
Williams.
11. Tom Buckley, Violent Neighbors (Times Books, 1984), 122-3.
12. Commentary, November 1979.
13. Tom Barry, Beth Wood, and Deb Preusch, The Other Side of Paradise
(Grove, 1984); Edward Herman, The Real Terror Network (South End,
1982); PEHR, II, chapter 3; see chapter 2 on the flight of refugees from
the American colonies, one of the richest areas in the world; in fear of
the victorious rebels, including boat people who fled in terror to Nova
Scotia where they died in misery in the winter cold, perhaps some 4% of
the population—the equivalent of over 2 million refugees from Vietnam,
a country ravaged and destroyed by vicious aggression.
14. Draining the Sea . . ., Americas Watch (March 1985), ii; Arthur Helton,
op-ed, NYT, April 2, 1985.
15. The Electoral Process in Nicaragua, Latin American Studies Association
(LASA) official publication, Nov. 19, 1984, Report of a Delegation of
LASA to observe the Nov. 1984 elections. The delegation was headed by
LASA President-elect Wayne Cornelius and included a former LASA
president, members of the executive council, members of the Association
with special expertise on Central America, and scholars (half the
delegation) with substantial field research experience in Nicaragua.
16. Oxfam America Special Report 7, Jan. 1985.
17. On Nicaragua, see Joseph Collins et al., What Difference Could a
Revolution Make? (Institute for Food and Development Policy), 1982;
Booth, End and Beginning.
18. Reed Brody, Contra Terror in Nicaragua (South End, 1985). The report
of this fact-finding mission includes 140 pages of similar testimony, with
some 150 affidavits. The mission, undertaken at the initiative of a New
York law firm representing Nicaraguan interests, consisted of Brody,
former Assistant Attorney General of New York State, Sister Sandra Price,
who has worked in Nicaragua since 1981, and James Bordelon, a law