The story of the centuries old power struggle that erupted in 1979 with the overthrow of the Somozo dictatorship.

Arrival -- "Gun the bandits down" -- A nation rebels -- Triumph -- Sandinista dreams -- Guerrillas in power -- Me and E.G. Squier -- Looking for contras -- Bureau chief -- CIA and friends -- Life during wartime -- Comandantes -- The faithful -- Baseball and other passions -- Action democracy -- Trabil nani: the miskito war -- Bloodstains -- Plane crash -- An American martyr -- Oliver North in Nicaragua -- "Peace is a process" -- Endings.