The Dictator Next Door - The Good Neighbor Policy and the Trujillo Regime in the Dominican Republic, 1930-1945

"An excellent piece of research on a topic that is both important and neglected. Roorda's determination to look at this bilateral relationship as the product of a multiplicity of actors is indeed unique."--Bruce Calder, University of Illinois at Chicago

About the author

Eric Paul Roorda is Assistant Professor of History at Bellarmine College in Louisville, Kentucky.

Summary

Focuses on the relations between the US and the Dominican Republic following Rafael Trujillo's seizure of power in 1930. Using untapped records, privately held papers, and unpublished photographs, this book shows how caution, confusion, and conflicting goals marked US relations with Trujillo and set the tone for the ambivalent Cold War relations.

Product details

• Authors: Eric Paulroorda, Roorda, Eric Paul Roorda
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.10.1998
• EAN: 9780822322344
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-2234-4
• No. of pages: 368
• Weight: 853 g
• Illustrations: 17 b&w photographs
• Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions; American Encounters/Global Int; American Encounters/Global Interactions; American Encounters/Global Int
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas