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Author:

Chester, Eric Thomas

Title:

Rag-tags, scum, riff-raff, and commies : the U.S. intervention in the Dominican Republic, 1965-1966 / Eric Thomas Chester.

Publisher:

Monthly Review Press,

Copyright Date:

c2001

Description:

x, 353 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Intervention (International law)--History--20th century.
United States--Foreign relations--Dominican Republic.
Dominican Republic--Foreign relations--United States.
United States--Foreign relations--1963-1969
Dominican Republic--History--Revolution, 1965
Dominican Republic--Politics and government--1961-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [344]-347) and index.

Contents:

Prelude to revolution -- The uprising triumphant -- Intervention and quarantine -- Applying pressure -- Tightening the screws -- The Bundy mission: negotiating an agreement -- The Bundy mission: undermining an agreement -- The Bunker mission -- The 1966 election: fraud and intimidation -- Rationales for intervention -- Inpasse [sic], integration, and diaspora.

ISBN:

9781583670323
1583670327 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781583670330
1583670335 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)45247315

LCCN:

00052090

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)