The dictator next door : the good neighbor policy and the Trujillo regime in the Dominican Republic, 1930-1945 / Eric Paul Roorda.

Author/creator Roorda, Eric
Format Book
Publication InfoDurham [N.C.] : Duke University Press, 1998.
Descriptionxii, 337 pages, 17 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subjects

SeriesAmerican encounters/global interactions
American encounters/global interactions. ^A401985
Contents Dominican history, the United States in the Caribbean and the origins of the good neighbor policy -- The Dominican revolution of 1930 and the policy of nonintervention -- The bankrupt neighbor policy: depression diplomacy and the Foreign Bondholders Protective Council -- What will the neighbors think? Dictatorship and diplomacy in the public eye -- Genocide next door: the Haitian massacre of 1937 and the Sosua Jewish refugee settlement -- Gold braid and striped pants: the culture of foreign relations in the Dominican Republic -- Fortress America, Fortaleza Trujillo: The Hull-Trujillo Treaty and the Second World War -- The good neighbor policy and dictatorship.
Local noteLittle-314422--305131020693X
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [307]-325) and index.
LCCN 98012100
ISBN082232234X (alk. paper)
ISBN0822321238 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks E183.8.D6 R59 1998 ✔ Available Place Hold