The first step to writing a historical narrative is to understand
the current state of knowledge of a given subject as it has been
developed by other historians. From this understanding, one must
then develop a methodology from which further research can be
conducted to fill gaps and resolve inconsistencies within the
existing body of knowledge. The present author began to develop a
historical account of the 1979 Sandinista Revolution in Nicaragua
and its development in the following decade. In that study, it
became clear that great discrepancies and inconsistencies existed
in the record of historical analysis including many large
contradictory conclusions. Many such discrepancies were resolved in
the author's prior research but it became clear that a systematic
approach to quantitatively analyze the source of these
contradictions was needed. In the present research, the author has
developed both a theoretical framework for understanding the source
of these contradictions and quantitative methods of content
analysis to examine the numerous analytical works written by North
American authors about the Sandinistas throughout the 1980s. Using
this framework and results of content analysis, linear studies
along specific topic lines examine specific dynamic variables of
Nicaraguan history in relation to the revolution, beginning a
process toward the development of a more consistent history.
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