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Papa Doc & the Tontons Macoutes

Name: Papa Doc & the Tontons Macoutes
Author: Diederich
ISBN: 9781558762909

by Diederich, Al Burt, Graham Greene

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About the Author, Diederich

Bernard Diederich covered Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean as a correspondent for Time Magazine. He is the author of Trujillo: The Death of the Dictator, Somoza & the Legacy of U. S. Involvement in Central America and The Ghost of Makara.

Al Burt, longtime Latin America editor at The Miami Herald, is the author of several books about Florida.

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Editorials

New York Times

Unpatronizing and level-headed.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

A truly revealing book.

Washington Post

Shakedowns of foreign businessmen and their governments are commonplace—torture, sometimes directed by the dictator himself . . . is the cement holding the police state together. The frustrating counterpoint is how Duvalier has undone U.S. policy and humiliated Washington.