Hostile Acts: U.S. Policy in Costa Rica in the 1980s (Paperback)

by MARTHA S. HONEY (Author)

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Freelance journalist Honey lived in Costa Rica from 1983 to 1991 and witnesed many of the events chronicled in this book. While maintaining a clear focus on the impact Costa Rica had on the Reagan administration's Central American policy, she does provide the full context of regional events during that turbulent decade. Holding that Costa Rica ought to be the "best example of the type of country the U.S. government says it is trying to foster," Honey documents how "Washington's misguided strategy" weakened and undermined Costa Rica until Costa Rican President Arias, in order to counter U.S. pressure, formulated the Central American Peace Plan, providing a regional solution to conflict and diminishing the role of the United States in the area. While a spate of books covering these events has appeared recently, Hostile Acts is unique in its emphasis on Costa Rica and in its carefully balanced prespectives. Recommended for all large public libraries and for all academic libraries.
- James Rhodes, Luther Coll., Decorah, Ia.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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To Martha Honey, "hostile acts" is shorthand for the nature of U.S. policies in Costa Rica during the last decade.  In this book she combines extensive academic research with her firsthand experiences as a journalist covering major portions of the Iran-contra scandal to weave together the story of how the Reagan and Bush administrations undermined Central America's model democracy.  

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Product Details

• Paperback: 674 pages
• Publisher: University Press of Florida; First edition (April 28, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0813012503
• ISBN-13: 978-0813012506
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,837,499 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Terrifically detailed, June 9, 2004

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This review is from: Hostile Acts: U.S. Policy in Costa Rica in the 1980s (Hardcover)

For such a scholarly book, the text is more accessible than one might think. I had to read it for a class on the CIA in college, and enjoyed the hell out of it!

Just a note, I have also traveled to Costa Rica , and one of the VERY few guidebooks to touch on this period of Costa Rica and it's impact today is "Costa Rica: The Last Country The Gods Made." Written in 1994, it sort of takes up where Honey left off.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Good..., May 10, 2005

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It was extremely detailed, I mean EXTREMELY detailed. It covered maybe six or seven actual events in a good 560-some pages. It had a wellspring of good information, and a wellspring of really unnecessary information. It was longer than it should have been.