Trujillo : The Life and Times of a Caribbean Dictator

This reads almost like a how to manual on how to be an effective and long lasting dictator Clearly Crasweller has no admiration for Trujillo, but he does note his achievements such as they were , and he adopts a tone of cynical mirth when describing in detail the various games he played to keep his honeycomb of cronies submissive and obedient.

It s extremely well researched and organized It s written in a 70s era academic style that hides the subject of the sentence or paragraph , and there were times when the sequence of events got confusing It s a piece of its time, which is to say that I raised my eyebrows a few times at certain statements That being said, it s meticulous in its detail and he got some great personal anecdotes that lightened up what could have been a really dense book It s a good resource for anyone who is intereste [...]

All the story of a US Marine Corp graduated soldier to the rank of 2 Lieutenant and his raise to power for almost 31 years in the Dominican Republic.

By far best biographical work on Trujillo that I ve read.