Trujillo: The Life and Times of a Caribbean Dictator

1st Edition, 1st Printing - Stated. Macmillan (1966). VERY GOOD in a good Mylar protected dust jacket. No marks. Binding is tight and square. xii, 468 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps (on lining papers), portraits ; 22 cm. . . . . . . TABLE OF CONTENTS: * THE MAN AND THE COUNTRY: 1.) The Man -- 2.) The Land -- 3.) History and Heritage of the Dominican Republic ------ * THE GENESIS OF POWER: 1891-1929: 4.) Childhood, Adolescence, Maturity -- 5.) The Army ------ * THE CONQUEST OF POWER: 1929-1942: 6.) Revolution and Dominion -- 7.) Trujillo at the Threshold of the Era -- 8.) The First Administration -- 9.) The Second Administration -- 10.) The Honeycomb of Power -- 11.) Haiti: Intrigue and Massacre -- 12.) The First Puppet: Jacinto Peynado -- 13.) The Second Puppet: Manuel de Jesus Troncoso de la Concha ------ * THE PLATEAU OF POWER: 1942-1955: 14.) The Third and Fourth Administrations -- 15.) Caribbean Intrigue and Invasion: 1945-1950 -- 16.) Sugar: Not a Business but a Romance -- 17.) The Third Puppet: Hector Trujillo ------ * THE PINNACLE OF POWER: 1955 -- 18.) The Summit of the Era -- 19.) The International Fair -- 20.) Ramfis and the Dynastic Dream ------ * THE DECLINE OF POWER: 1956-1961: 21.) The Galindez Case -- 22.) Crisis in Central America: The Coming of Johnny Abbes -- 23.) Crisis to the West: Cuba and Batista and Fidel Castro -- 24.) Crisis Within: The Consequences of the 1959 Invasion -- 25.) Crisis Within: The Events of 1960 -- 26.) Crisis Within: The Struggle with the Church -- 27.) A Dark Mosaic: 1959-1961 -- 28.) Crisis to the South: Venezuela and President Betancourt -- 29.) Crisis to the North: Relations with the -- United States, 1959-1961 -- 30.) The Last Crisis: Assassination ------ * THE AFTERMATH OF POWER: 31.) Out of Sorrows ------ * Notes on Sources -- * Bibliography -- * Index.

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Publisher: The Macmillan Company

Year: 1966

Type: Used

Binding: Hardcover

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