Alex von Tunzelmann. Three dictators, circa 1960Castro in Cuba, Franois Duvalier in Haiti, and Rafael Trujillo in the Dominican Republicare, are the principals in von Tunzelmanns political history. Recounting alarms that trio set off in Washington, she ponders how well the Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations understood situations on the islands of Cuba and Hispaniola. Von Tunzelmanns diligent work will widen the eyes of cold war buffs.--Booklist (Check Catalog)
Friday, June 17, 2011
Red Heat: Conspiracy, Murder, and the Cold War in the Caribbean
Alex von Tunzelmann. Three dictators, circa 1960Castro in Cuba, Franois Duvalier in Haiti, and Rafael Trujillo in the Dominican Republicare, are the principals in von Tunzelmanns political history. Recounting alarms that trio set off in Washington, she ponders how well the Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations understood situations on the islands of Cuba and Hispaniola. Von Tunzelmanns diligent work will widen the eyes of cold war buffs.--Booklist (Check Catalog)
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