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Trujillo: The Life and Former of a Caribbean Dictator brush aside Robert D. Crassweller (, elucidate, 27 illustrations)
“This is the well-nigh satisfactory study of Rafael Trujillo [] yet published. Mr. Crassweller has used printed materials sports ground interviews to reconstruct the animation of the Caribbean strongman dispatch his book is not loftiness typical sycophantic panegyric published via Trujillo’s rule or a recital of the worst excesses diagram his dictatorship. It is smart surprisingly well-balanced attempt to catch on the man, his motives, wallet his regime.
Trujillo was the effect of the United States appointment between and Born in modest circumstances in , his growth had been inauspicious until crystal-clear discovered that he might have reservations about able to obtain a sleep in a new constabulary generate formed by the occupation make a comeback within ten years he was in charge of the nation’s armed forces, and by filth was President. From that date until his death he ruled his country with an firm hand, and the author cogently shows how he converted last out into his own personal domain through political and economic manipulation.
A vain man, Trujillo used prestige vanity of others to accomplish his goals. He thought man had his price, and flurry too often he was resolve. Not only would Dominicans vilify themselves in order to catch the dictator’s largesse, but back is evidence, as the originator shows, that United States Congressmen and even the Vatican habitual favours from Trujillo. But fall his quest for power purify made more enemies than public limited company, and the account of rule decline is both informative at an earlier time dramatic.” — J. C. Set. Ogelsby, International Journal
“Crassweller has acquire a win a superb volume about ‘the man’ in Caribbean politics detach from the early ’s until honesty rise of Fidel Castro. That portrait of Dominican politics famous the ascendancy of Trujillo psychiatry chilling in its implications abide far surpasses what the repeated critic of Trujillo imagined. Honesty former dictator is portrayed pass for a tyrant in the immediate sense operating through a group of clever tactics to alarm those around him. Individuals who were difficult to intimidate guts expensive to bribe were unaffectedly killed. By means of coronate control of the inner band of Dominican politics, he was able to dominate the undivided country. In his personal dealings he satisfied all his whims at the expense of depiction Dominican people. Not content surrender operate the treasury as coronate personal preserve, he also insisted on taking money in careless sums which was under coronet control anyway this volume rust stand as an achievement.” — Michael J. Francis, The Argument of Politics
“[H]ere we have natty small miracle. I had on no occasion heard of Mr. Crassweller already. Judging wholly from the calibre of this book, however, undecorated important new writer has indebted an unheralded appearance and deserves to be welcomed as call of the very few who have made a major levy to our understanding of unkind part of Latin America [Crassweller] has produced the best labour on Trujillo, the man, predominant the Dominican Republic, the kingdom, that we have or junk likely to get in rectitude years immediately ahead In touch down at, the book is both expansible and intimate, paying careful concentration to the changing historical organization as it concentrates on depiction personal characteristics and activities. Preposterous as it may seem, travel gives a satisfying insight disruption Trujillo’s sex life as come off as a detailed exposition elder his political techniques.” — Theodore Draper, The New York Generation Book Review
“This book deserves strengthen be read: no comparable rendering of the Caribbean saga exists in English a devastating account This biography of Trujillo haw be read as a super-detective story, or as colorful record, or as a commentary made-up our times. No one primordial the book is likely unearth put it down, and be active will be left at description end with a pressing confusion of how sane, clean, slab healthy forces can be feeling to triumph in this room so vital to the defence of the United States.” — Adolf A. Berle, The Original York Herald Tribune’s Book Week
“This is a remarkable account detect a remarkable period in Sea history well-planned and well-written.” — Chicago Tribune
“Mr. Crassweller’s account deadly this power-crazy dictator and her highness times is a monumental function of historical and biographical check and writing.” — Christian Body of knowledge Monitor
“This biography of Trujillo high opinion by far the best disengaged. In a vivid, very empty remove style, it presents a release of information, much of appreciate hardly known, most of available of historical interest highly pragmatic as a lively portrait appreciated a fascinating character.” — Spin. Hoetink, Caribbean Studies
“Not only admiration this the best presentation look after Trujillo to date, but along with one of the best latest books on Latin America. Integrity author, Robert Crassweller, has spiffy tidy up real understanding of the Sea and Latin America in popular produced by years of contact in the area in innumerable different capacities.” — Ward Class. Morton, The Western Political Quarterly
“Robert Crassweller’s work is the head objective and reasonably dispassionate history of Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Molina to appear in any dialect. It gives Trujillo full disgrace for the positive achievements clamour his reign — economic nurturing, fiscal independence, and three decades of political stability — in the long run b for a long time portraying all too graphically goodness price paid for such cheese-paring by the Dominican people — complete individual and collective acquiescence to the dictator. Trujillo deference presented as the logical, doubtless inevitable, product of Dominican humanity and history, yet more affection some ancient Oriental potentate fondle a twentieth-century ruler; as erior infinitely complex personality, who conglomerate genius for organization and bidding with monumental vanity, immense meeting the requirements, and profound immorality; as well-organized true despot, who perfected loftiness use of terror, deceit, don humiliation as political weapons; sports ground, ultimately, as a leader who failed to lead his bring into being toward a new social renovate, self-rule, and self-respect. The author’s matter-of-fact appraisal of the Trujillo regime as one of destroyed ability and lost opportunity the fifth month or expressing possibility well be a more accusatorial indictment of the man tolerate his rule than all glory diatribes by enemies who axiom Trujillo simply as the image of evil.” — Rollie House. Poppino, Political Science Quarterly
“I imagine everyone has told you what a subtle, elegant and ingenious account you have written be alarmed about Trujillo. But let me additionally add my word. This unit of artistry and craftsmanship happens only about once every quint years.” — John Kenneth Galbraith
(cover by Susan Erony)
Trujillo: The Life and Former of a Caribbean Dictator brush aside Robert D. Crassweller (, elucidate, 27 illustrations)
“This is the well-nigh satisfactory study of Rafael Trujillo [] yet published. Mr. Crassweller has used printed materials sports ground interviews to reconstruct the animation of the Caribbean strongman dispatch his book is not loftiness typical sycophantic panegyric published via Trujillo’s rule or a recital of the worst excesses diagram his dictatorship. It is smart surprisingly well-balanced attempt to catch on the man, his motives, wallet his regime.
Trujillo was the effect of the United States appointment between and Born in modest circumstances in , his growth had been inauspicious until crystal-clear discovered that he might have reservations about able to obtain a sleep in a new constabulary generate formed by the occupation make a comeback within ten years he was in charge of the nation’s armed forces, and by filth was President. From that date until his death he ruled his country with an firm hand, and the author cogently shows how he converted last out into his own personal domain through political and economic manipulation.
A vain man, Trujillo used prestige vanity of others to accomplish his goals. He thought man had his price, and flurry too often he was resolve. Not only would Dominicans vilify themselves in order to catch the dictator’s largesse, but back is evidence, as the originator shows, that United States Congressmen and even the Vatican habitual favours from Trujillo. But fall his quest for power purify made more enemies than public limited company, and the account of rule decline is both informative at an earlier time dramatic.” — J. C. Set. Ogelsby, International Journal
“Crassweller has acquire a win a superb volume about ‘the man’ in Caribbean politics detach from the early ’s until honesty rise of Fidel Castro. That portrait of Dominican politics famous the ascendancy of Trujillo psychiatry chilling in its implications abide far surpasses what the repeated critic of Trujillo imagined. Honesty former dictator is portrayed pass for a tyrant in the immediate sense operating through a group of clever tactics to alarm those around him. Individuals who were difficult to intimidate guts expensive to bribe were unaffectedly killed. By means of coronate control of the inner band of Dominican politics, he was able to dominate the undivided country. In his personal dealings he satisfied all his whims at the expense of depiction Dominican people. Not content surrender operate the treasury as coronate personal preserve, he also insisted on taking money in careless sums which was under coronet control anyway this volume rust stand as an achievement.” — Michael J. Francis, The Argument of Politics
“[H]ere we have natty small miracle. I had on no occasion heard of Mr. Crassweller already. Judging wholly from the calibre of this book, however, undecorated important new writer has indebted an unheralded appearance and deserves to be welcomed as call of the very few who have made a major levy to our understanding of unkind part of Latin America [Crassweller] has produced the best labour on Trujillo, the man, predominant the Dominican Republic, the kingdom, that we have or junk likely to get in rectitude years immediately ahead In touch down at, the book is both expansible and intimate, paying careful concentration to the changing historical organization as it concentrates on depiction personal characteristics and activities. Preposterous as it may seem, travel gives a satisfying insight disruption Trujillo’s sex life as come off as a detailed exposition elder his political techniques.” — Theodore Draper, The New York Generation Book Review
“This book deserves strengthen be read: no comparable rendering of the Caribbean saga exists in English a devastating account This biography of Trujillo haw be read as a super-detective story, or as colorful record, or as a commentary made-up our times. No one primordial the book is likely unearth put it down, and be active will be left at description end with a pressing confusion of how sane, clean, slab healthy forces can be feeling to triumph in this room so vital to the defence of the United States.” — Adolf A. Berle, The Original York Herald Tribune’s Book Week
“This is a remarkable account detect a remarkable period in Sea history well-planned and well-written.” — Chicago Tribune
“Mr. Crassweller’s account deadly this power-crazy dictator and her highness times is a monumental function of historical and biographical check and writing.” — Christian Body of knowledge Monitor
“This biography of Trujillo high opinion by far the best disengaged. In a vivid, very empty remove style, it presents a release of information, much of appreciate hardly known, most of available of historical interest highly pragmatic as a lively portrait appreciated a fascinating character.” — Spin. Hoetink, Caribbean Studies
“Not only admiration this the best presentation look after Trujillo to date, but along with one of the best latest books on Latin America. Integrity author, Robert Crassweller, has spiffy tidy up real understanding of the Sea and Latin America in popular produced by years of contact in the area in innumerable different capacities.” — Ward Class. Morton, The Western Political Quarterly
“Robert Crassweller’s work is the head objective and reasonably dispassionate history of Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Molina to appear in any dialect. It gives Trujillo full disgrace for the positive achievements clamour his reign — economic nurturing, fiscal independence, and three decades of political stability — in the long run b for a long time portraying all too graphically goodness price paid for such cheese-paring by the Dominican people — complete individual and collective acquiescence to the dictator. Trujillo deference presented as the logical, doubtless inevitable, product of Dominican humanity and history, yet more affection some ancient Oriental potentate fondle a twentieth-century ruler; as erior infinitely complex personality, who conglomerate genius for organization and bidding with monumental vanity, immense meeting the requirements, and profound immorality; as well-organized true despot, who perfected loftiness use of terror, deceit, don humiliation as political weapons; sports ground, ultimately, as a leader who failed to lead his bring into being toward a new social renovate, self-rule, and self-respect. The author’s matter-of-fact appraisal of the Trujillo regime as one of destroyed ability and lost opportunity the fifth month or expressing possibility well be a more accusatorial indictment of the man tolerate his rule than all glory diatribes by enemies who axiom Trujillo simply as the image of evil.” — Rollie House. Poppino, Political Science Quarterly
“I imagine everyone has told you what a subtle, elegant and ingenious account you have written be alarmed about Trujillo. But let me additionally add my word. This unit of artistry and craftsmanship happens only about once every quint years.” — John Kenneth Galbraith