Eric Paul Roorda is Assistant Professor of History at Bellarmine College in Louisville, Kentucky.
“The Dictator Next Door is a powerfully argued, full-blown
diplomatic history that sheds much useful light on a crucial period
of United States foreign relations. There are many fine studies of
the Good Neighbor Policy, but none comes close to Roorda’s densely
textured knowledge of U.S.-Dominican relations.”— Lars Schoultz,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
“An excellent piece of research on a topic that is both important
and neglected. Roorda’s determination to look at this bilateral
relationship as the product of a multiplicity of actors is indeed
unique.”—Bruce Calder, University of Illinois at Chicago
“The Dictator Next Door . . . is a well-told story of relations
between the United States and the Dominican Republic during the
1930s and 1940s. Perhaps the most important contribution of
Roorda’s work is his convincing depiction of the buildup of Rafael
Trujillo’s empire using the good neighbor policy to his
advantage.”
*Hispanic American Historical Review*
“[A] definitive account of United States policies toward the
Dominican Republic during the first half of Rafael Trujillo’s
odious regime. . . . [An] excellent study.”
*Journal of American History*
“For an excellent view of the Good Neighbor Policy in action and
the role of the military in basic foreign relations, this book is
required reading.”
*Military History*
“Roorda’s book is a substantial contribution not only to our
understanding of the dynamics of U.S.-Latin American relations
during the Good Neighbor era but to an emerging international
history that documents the capacity of small states on the
peripheries of world power to influence the policies of superpowers
at the center of the international system.”
*American Historical Review*
"An essential history of American presidents Herbert Hoover and
FDR's failed 'Good Neighbor Policy' in Latin America detailing how
Trujillo manged to maintain support in Washington by siding against
first the Fascists and later the Communists, despite the blatant
horrors of his regime."
*Rough Guide to the Dominican Republic*
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