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Diederich studied in England in the early postwar years after having participated in World World War II in the Pacific.
("A fascinating enquiry in depth into the background of Tr...)
"A fascinating enquiry in depth into the background of Trujillo's murder - a natural for the biographer of that other monster of the Caribbean. Papa Doc. -- Graham Greene
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(Certain years are pivotal in global history, and one such...)
Certain years are pivotal in global history, and one such year was 1959, from which this book takes its title. 1959 was indeed an historic year during which, among other historic events, Fidel Castro's guerrilla war in Cuba toppled dictator Fulgencio Batista. The geopolitical ripple effects were to be felt for generations-no more so than in Cuba's Caribbean neighbor Haiti. Those caught by surprise included Haiti's enigmatic strongman, Francois (Papa Doc) Duvalier, who was caught in the middle between Castro's Communist Cuba and the bloody right-wing dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo in Haiti's next-door island neighbor, the Dominican Republic.This intriguing book, the third in a series drawn from the pages of the author's English-language weekly newspaper, the Haiti Sun, and from his notebooks, provides a journalist's firsthand look at Papa Doc's reaction-at first easing, then tightening even more brutally-his tyrannical rule. Diederich then traces the ensuing impacts on Haiti's relations with the U.S., other Caribbean nations, the rest of the Western Hemisphere, and the international community.Thus for anyone interested in how the happenings of a single year in the annals of history can exert myriad-and unforeseen-impacts on the human condition, this book is essential reading.
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Presenting a story of Nicaragua's notorious tyrant, this work paints a portrait of the man against a backdrop of Nicaragua's political structure, social circumstance, and economic background, encompassing its relations with other Central American countries and the ramifications of the civil war of 1978-79.
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(This is Haiti, pearl of the Antilles, during the presiden...)
This is Haiti, pearl of the Antilles, during the presidency of General Paul E. (Bon Papa) Magloire (1950-56). It was an exciting time, when Haitians stood tall, and their country flourished, as reported in the pages of the Haiti Sun newspaper. It was a time when the arts blossomed and tourists discovered a wonderful, bewitching land with the most friendly people in our hemisphere. It was a time when President and Mrs. Paul E. Magloire were welcomed and wined and dined at the White House by President Dwight Eisenhower and Mamie Eisenhower, and yes, they slept in the Lincoln bedroom. Haiti Sun's publisher, Bernard Diederich, who reported on and photographed the period of Bon Papa, co-authored the best-selling book Papa Doc: The Truth about Haiti Today along with Al Burt of the Miami Herald in 1968. The publisher did his very best to present a balanced and unbiased history of Haiti of the period. Those who did not live in this period will be surprised to learn of the other Haiti, the beautiful bygone Haiti in which the future was full of promise. "Written as a memoir, with all the shifts in tone and voice, time and place that accompany that genre,...the book remains a captivating document of the time...Complied from Diederich's memories and primary documents culled from his days at the Haiti Sun, it offers an archive of an important and understudied period of Haitian history." --Greg Beckett,University of Chicago, Bulletin of Latin American Research, Vol. 31, No. 2
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This is about Haiti's golden years when it attracted writers and artists among the windfall of Tourists.Haiti was on the map when Time Magazine put Gen.Paul E.Magloire on its cover calling him "Bon Papa"
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This engaging story of Nicaragua's notorious tyrant is more than a biography. Solidly written for a general as well as scholarly audience, it paints a portrait of the man against a backdrop of Nicaragua's political structure, social circumstance, and economic background, encompassing its relations with other Central American countries and the ramifications of the civil war of 1978-79.
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Diederich studied in England in the early postwar years after having participated in World World War II in the Pacific.
In 1949, Diederich started a sailing trip with two friends that brought him to Haiti, a country that since stayed close to his heart. He stayed and settled down, while his partners continued their trip. In Portuguese-au-Prince, he founded and edited the Haiti Sun, a weekly English newspaper about Haitian events.
As a journalist he also became a non-staff correspondent for a number of news media including the Associated Press, the New York Times, and the Daily Telegraph.
In 1961 he covered the assassination of Rafael Trujillo in the neighboring Dominican Republic. Two years later, after having displeased Haiti’s dictator Papa Doc Duvalier, he was imprisoned and expelled.
In the Dominican Republic he established himself as a foreign staff correspondent for Time-Life News. In 1966 Diederich moved to Mexico working for Time Magazine covering Caribbean affairs
In 1981 the office was moved to Miami, and he worked there until his retirement in 1989.
The author continued to publish after retirement with the focus on the political and historical developments in the Caribbean, notably in Haiti. Diederich published a detailed account of Trujillo’s assassination in Trujillo: Death of the Goat in 1978. After Mario Vargas Llosa published The Feast of the Goat, a fictionalized novel about Trujillo’s death, in 2000, Diederich accused Vargas Llosa of plagiarism.
(Presenting a story of Nicaragua's notorious tyrant, this ...)
("A fascinating enquiry in depth into the background of Tr...)
(Certain years are pivotal in global history, and one such...)
(This is about Haiti's golden years when it attracted writ...)
(This is Haiti, pearl of the Antilles, during the presiden...)
(This engaging story of Nicaragua's notorious tyrant is mo...)