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Balaguer and the Dominican Military: Presidential Control of the Factional Officer Corps in the 1960s and 1970s Paperback – May 29, 2007

by Brian J. Bosch (Author)
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Following the 1961 assassination of dictator Rafael Trujillo, the Dominican Republic descended into a period of national turmoil and political instability, culminating in 1965 when a catastrophic civil war engulfed the capital city of Santo Domingo. The intervention of foreign troops, particularly U.S. troops, played a critical role in the multinational effort to allow presidential elections to take place in June 1966. The result was the installation of Joaquin Balaguer in the presidency. Subsequently, this skillful civilian leader defeated both a right wing coup and a Cuban-based guerrilla expedition, and successfully gained control of the chaotic Dominican officer corps by the mid-1970s.

In this comprehensive study of the Dominican Republic's Balaguer era, the author draws upon declassified U.S. State Department and military documents and his own experiences as an army attache in the U.S. Embassy, Santo Domingo, during the early 1970s. The result is a unique, inside look at Balaguer's presidency, his skillful manipulation of rival officers and cliques, and American involvement in the political history of the Dominican Republic.

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    333 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    McFarland
  4. Publication date
    May 29, 2007
  5. Reading age
    18 years and up
  6. Dimensions
    6 x 0.67 x 9 inches
  7. ISBN-10
    0786430729
  8. ISBN-13
    978-0786430727
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Brian J. Bosch, Colonel, United States Army, retired, spent most of his service in military intelligence. Before El Salvador, in 1970-1974 he was the U.S. Embassy's Defense Attache in the Dominican Republic. He held a Latin American position in the Pentagon, and was military attache operations chief for Latin America. Now living in Chevy Chase, Maryland, he has written for professional and academic journals on political and military affairs.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ McFarland (May 29, 2007)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 333 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0786430729
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0786430727
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 18 years and up
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.02 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.67 x 9 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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Oscar Logrono Brache
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book
Reviewed in the United States on July 5, 2022
By far the best book I've read about the history of politics in this period of time, and I've read a lot of them, very recomended
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Osvaldo Fernandez
2.0 out of 5 stars Not the whole story
Reviewed in the United States on December 26, 2009
The author was an Army Attachee assigned to the american embassy in the Dominican Republic. If you expect to gain some insight into how the attachee or his peers played a part during the Balaguer period or its influence on the relationship among the rivaling dominican officers, you will be disappointed. Not a word.
Keep a couple of facts in mind before you read this book:
Firstly, Truman initially allocated $38 million for military aid in Latin America; Eisenhower increased this amount to over $400 million and by the time Brian Bosch arrived in the D.R., aid had steadily increased. Secondly,the American ex-embassador in the D.R, John B. Martin, had written his book describing how he, personally, and the military advisors played into the dominican politics. The number of American military advisors had risen in the D.R from a dozen to about three hundred. The story in Bosch's book, however, leaves out mention of the role of the military advisors and the American embassy. He makes it seem as if it is purely a Dominican affair between Balaguer and the conflicting Dominican officers. That may have been part of the story, but it is hard to believe that this is the whole story.
The disqualifying description of some officers involved in the 1965 Constitutionalist Revolt is merely the repetition of another author's opinion who, in fact, never interviewed the officers he accused of flawed character. The author should have been more careful in validating another author's opinions.
The military reader might find some interesting details about the Dominican military.

The relevance of the book is very limited.
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