Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-264) and index.
Contents:
Markets, militaries, and modernization : U.S.-Dominican relations to 1899 -- Military diplomats and dollar diplomacy : from customs receivership to civil war -- Involvement to invasion : military control and the defense of local sovereignty -- A promiscuous heaping of adventurers : the constabulary experiment of 1916-1918 -- Regional negotiation and resistance : the "moralizing" versus the expedient -- Opposing networks for change : consolidating reform and resistance after 1920 -- Products of compromise : legitimating state and military -- Conclusion.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.