Robert d crassweller biography of william

“This is the most satisfactory study of Rafael Trujillo [1891-1961] yet published.

Mr. Crassweller has used printed materials and interviews to reconstruct the life of the Caribbean strongman and his book is not the typical sycophantic panegyric published during Trujillo’s rule or a recapitulation of the worst excesses of his dictatorship.

It is a surprisingly well-balanced attempt to understand the man, his motives, and his regime.

Trujillo was the product of the United States occupation between 1916 and 1924.

Robert d crassweller biography of william shakespeare

Born in humble circumstances in 1891, his career had been inauspicious until he discovered that he might be able to obtain a commission in a new constabulary being formed by the occupation forces... within ten years he was in charge of the nation’s armed forces, and by 1930 he was President.

From that time until his death he ruled his country with an iron hand, and the author lucidly shows how he converted it into h