Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- PART I THE FIRST ADMINISTRATION, 1953- 57 -- 1 Economic Assistance Policy: Growth on the American Plan -- 2 Nicaraguan Economic Development: Integration, Diversification, and Expansion -- 3 Defending the Plan: The Evolution of U.S. Military Assistance Policy, 1945Ò 57 -- 4 The Last Marines: The Origins and Development of the Guardia Nacional to 1957 -- PART II THE SECOND ADMINISTRATION, 1957- 61 -- 5 Changes in the Plan: Economic Assistance Policy in the Second Eisenhower Administration -- 6 Nicaraguan Economic Development: Decline, Reform, and Retrenchment -- 7 Building a Flexible Response: American Military Assistance Policy, 1957- 61 -- 8 Enemies at the Gates: The Guardia Nacional, 1957- 61 -- Conclusions -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.