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?No one alive . . . is better qualifi ed than Bernard Diederich to tellthe horrifying story of Haiti under the rule of Dr. Francois Duvalier.. . . What a story it is: tragic, terrifying, bizarre, even at timescomic. Papa Doc sits in his bath wearing his top hat for meditating: the head of his enemy Philogenes stands on his desk: the hearse carrying another enemy?s body is stolen by the Tonton Macoutes at the church door: the writer Alexis is stoned to death. . . . This is a very full account of Duvalier?s reign which will be indispensable to future historians.? ?Graham Greene in the Foreword?A detailed expose of the evil incarnate in Duvalier?s rule. . . .Shakedowns of foreign businessmen, and their governments, areshown to be commonplace. . . . Torture . . . sometimes directed by the dictator himself . . . emerges as the cement to hold the police state together. . . . The frustrating counterpoint to this terror story is the tale of how Duvalier has undone United States policy and humiliated Washington.? ?Washington Post?Bernard Diederich and Al Burt chronicle in such detail and with such unpatronizing evel-headedness in Papa Doc.? ?The New York Times?A truly revealing book.? ?St. Louis Post-DispatchBERNARD DIEDERICH was a correspondent for Time Magazine, coveringMexico, Central America, and the Caribbean. He has also writtentwo other biographies of Latin American dictators. AL BURT wasthe longtime Latin America editor of the Miami Herald.




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