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Author:

Roorda, Eric.

Title:

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

Publisher:

Duke University Press,

Copyright Date:

1998

Description:

xii, 337 p., [17] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Trujillo Molina, Rafael Leónidas,--1891-1961.
United States--Foreign relations--Dominican Republic.
Dominican Republic--Foreign relations--United States.
Dominican Republic--History--1930-1961.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [307]-325) and index.

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.

Series:

American encounters/global interactions

ISBN:

9780822322344 (alk. paper)
082232234X (alk. paper)
9780822321231 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0822321238 (pbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)38478504

LCCN:

98012100

Locations:

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

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)