Papa Doc--Haiti and its dictator

Diederich, Bernard

Penguin

"A fascinating enquiry in depth into the background of Trujillo's murder - a natural for the biographer of that other monster of the Caribbean. Papa Doc. -- Graham Greene

Trujillo: The death of the goat

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Little,Brown & Co

Trujillo: The Death of the Goat

Vintage/Ebury (A Division of Random House Group)

Certain years are pivotal in global history, and one such year was 1959, from which this book takes its title. 1959 was indeed an historic year during which, among other historic events, Fidel Castro's guerrilla war in Cuba toppled dictator Fulgencio Batista. The geopolitical ripple effects were to be felt for generations-no more so than in Cuba's Caribbean neighbor Haiti. Those caught by surprise included Haiti's enigmatic strongman, Francois (Papa Doc) Duvalier, who was caught in the middle between Castro's Communist Cuba and the bloody right-wing dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo in Haiti's next-door island neighbor, the Dominican Republic.This intriguing book, the third in a series drawn from the pages of the author's English-language weekly newspaper, the Haiti Sun, and from his notebooks, provides a journalist's firsthand look at Papa Doc's reaction-at first easing, then tightening even more brutally-his tyrannical rule. Diederich then traces the ensuing impacts on Haiti's relations with the U.S., other Caribbean nations, the rest of the Western Hemisphere, and the international community.Thus for anyone interested in how the happenings of a single year in the annals of history can exert myriad-and unforeseen-impacts on the human condition, this book is essential reading.

1959: The Year that Changed Our World

Biographies & Memoirs

Historical

iUniverse

A major new biography of Graham Greene with extensive new material; exclusive, never-before-seen photographs of Greene on his travels; and full family cooperation
An essential read for fans of literary biography, this book finally and fully illuminates a pivotal episode in Graham Greene's life and career in the kind of detail that will sate any fans of his work, but which also provides a fascinating glimpse into a writer's life. In 1965, Greene joined journalist Bernard Diederich in the Dominican Republic to embark on a tour of its border with Haiti, then ruled by "Papa Doc" Duvalier. They were accompanied by activist priest Jean-Claude Bajeux. Diederich had known Greene since the mid-1950s and had lived in Haiti for 14 years. He was a seasoned correspondent for the British and North American press and had reported many stories from the region, including Castro's triumph in Cuba and the death of the Dominican dictator, Trujillo. In 1963, he had been thrown out of Haiti and when Greene arrived was working from the Dominican Republic. The famous novelist was 61 and depressed, having struggled to finish A Burnt-Out Case, and was being plagued by religious doubt; Bajeux, meanwhile, had been informed that his family had been "disappeared" by Duvalier's henchmen. As this trio traveled along the border they met a number of rebels and other characters later fictionalized in Greene's most politically charged novel, The Comedians, published the following year. This book tells the story of how a series of extraordinary and often hair-raising journeys gave one of the greatest novelists of the 20th century new inspiration in his writing.

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Arts & Literature

Peter Owen Publishers

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Travelers & Explorers

Markus Wiener Pub

Papa Doc: Haiti & Its Dictator

History

Burt, Al

Americas

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Xlibris, Corp.

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CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

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