Latin American Revolutionary Augusto Calderón Sandino. An Analysis of His Credibility as a Revolutionary

Essay from the year 2016 in the subject History - Miscellaneous, grade: 93.0, Westminster College, course: Latin American History, language: English, abstract: Augusto Calderón Sandino was a Nicaraguan revolutionary who combated the United States Marines and the Nicaraguan federal government in the late 1920s and early 1930s. This essay will explore Augusto Calderón Sandino's credibility as a revolutionary as well as establishing what category, or categories, of revolutionary that Sandino falls under. In doing so, it will be analyzing his role as a liberal revolutionary, political revolutionary, nationalist revolutionary, military revolutionary, professional revolutionary, and an agitator.