Sandinistas is about the Nicaraguan revolution and the partythat leads it, the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN). Inthe early chapters of the book, author Dennis Gilbert tell who theSandinistas are and what they believe. He probes the inner workingsof the FSLN and the party's relations with the organized masses,the military and the revolutionary state. The second half of thebook examines the Sandinistas in action, as they deal withpeasants, businessmen, Christians, and Yankees. The final chaptercovers the history of US-Nicaraguan relations from 1855-1988. Sandinistas is a balanced, sophisticated, readable account ofthe most significant revolutionary experience of our day.