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Intervention in the Caribbean : the Dominican Crisis of 1965 / Bruce Palmer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Palmer, Bruce, 1913- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dominican Republic--Relations--United States.
- Dominican Republic.
- United States--Relations--Dominican Republic.
- United States.
- Dominican Republic--History--Revolution, 1965.
- Organization of American States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (255 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, 1989.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The 1965 U.S. intervention in the Dominican Republic remains a unique event: the only time the Organization of American States has intervened with force on a member state's territory. It is also a classic example of a U.S. military operation that drew in America's hemispheric allies. Finally, its outcome was that rare feat in the annals of diplomacy -- a peaceful political settlement of a civil war.Here for the first time is the full story of that action, as told by one of its leading participants. General Palmer was the U.S. Army's operations chief in Washington in April 1965 when the Dominic
- Contents:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Maps and Figures; Preface; Prologue; 1. Origins of the Revolution; 2. Initial U.S. Operations: 29 April-3 May 1965; 3. Stabilizing the Situation: 3-15 May 1965; 4. Creating the Inter-American Peace Force: 6 May-I5 June 1965; 5. Establishing a Provisional Government: 4 June-3 September 1965; Illustration; 6. Return to Normalcy: 4 September-25 October 1965; 7. The IAPF Completes Its Mission: 26 October 1965-21 September 1966; 8. An Assessment; 9. Caribbean Realities for the United States Today; Glossary of Acronyms; A; C; D; F; G; H; I; J; L; M; N; O
- PR; S; T; U; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780813184609
- 0813184606
- 9780813150024
- 0813150027
- OCLC:
- 644614080
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