{"product_id":"trujillo-the-dominican-dictator-the-rise-reign-terror-and-fall-of-rafael-leonidas-trujillo-dominican-history-culture","title":"Trujillo: The Dominican Dictator: The Rise, Reign, Terror, and Fall of Rafael Leónidas Trujillo (Dominican History \u0026 Culture)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\" data-feature-name=\"bookDescription\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"bookDescription\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" data-csa-c-asin=\"B0H5L2CW4N\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\"\u003e\n \u003cdiv data-a-expander-name=\"book_description_expander\" data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"280\" class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\"\u003e\n  \u003cdiv data-expanded=\"false\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\"\u003e\n   \u003ch4\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThe gripping story of Rafael Leónidas Trujillo, one of the most powerful and feared dictators in Latin American history.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n   \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor more than three decades, Rafael Trujillo ruled the Dominican Republic with an iron hand. He built roads, schools, public works, and a modern image of order—but behind that image stood censorship, surveillance, violence, corruption, propaganda, and a nation forced to live under his name.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n   \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eTrujillo: The Dominican Dictator\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e tells the dramatic rise, reign, terror, and fall of the man known as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eEl Jefe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. From his early life in San Cristóbal and his ascent through the military, to the renaming of Santo Domingo as Ciudad Trujillo, the machinery of fear, the Parsley Massacre, the resistance of Dominican exiles, the courage of the Mirabal sisters, and the assassination that ended his rule, this book offers a powerful narrative of dictatorship, ambition, fear, and memory.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n   \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWritten in a clear and compelling style, this historical account explores not only what Trujillo built, but what his regime cost the Dominican people. It examines how a leader can transform public works into propaganda, how fear can enter homes and classrooms, and how a country can be forced to praise the man who controls it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n   \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is more than a biography of Rafael Trujillo. It is a story of power without limits, of a nation under surveillance, of resistance born in silence, and of the long shadow a dictator can leave behind.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n   \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePerfect for readers interested in Dominican history, Caribbean history, Latin American dictatorships, political biography, human rights, the Mirabal sisters, the Parsley Massacre, and the rise and fall of authoritarian regimes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n   \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eInside this book, you will discover:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n   \u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\"\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHow Rafael Trujillo rose from San Cristóbal to become the ruler of the Dominican Republic\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHow the Trujillo regime used fear, propaganda, public works, and nationalism to control a nation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhy Santo Domingo was renamed Ciudad Trujillo\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe tragic history of the 1937 Parsley Massacre\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe role of Dominican exiles and resistance movements against the dictatorship\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe powerful story of Patria, Minerva, and María Teresa Mirabal\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe conspiracy and assassination that ended Trujillo’s life in 1961\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhy Trujillo’s legacy remains one of the most debated chapters in Dominican and Caribbean history\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n   \u003c\/ul\u003e\n   \u003ch5\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA powerful, accessible, and unforgettable portrait of Rafael Leónidas Trujillo and the Dominican Republic he tried to own.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Buy Dominican Snacks - Dominicana Premium Exports, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47530220224661,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0641\/0043\/4069\/files\/71JglUwKJyL._SL1499.jpg?v=1783122318","url":"https:\/\/bdspublishing.org\/fr\/products\/trujillo-the-dominican-dictator-the-rise-reign-terror-and-fall-of-rafael-leonidas-trujillo-dominican-history-culture","provider":"Buy Dominican Snacks - Dominicana Premium Exports, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}