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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...fighting started as a revolt by a group of junior officers in favor of ousted President Juan Bosch, currently in exile in Puerto Rico. Within three days, that military revolt fizzled. But not before vast stocks of arms had been passed out to pro-Bosch civilians and their Castroite allies, who succeeded in transforming the attempted coup into a full-scale civil...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dominican Republic: The Coup That Became a War | 5/7/1965 | See Source »

Stanley H. Hoffmann, professor of Government, said that President Johnson's actions have been "a mistake, which was compounded by his speech." Hoffmann interpreted the speech, televised Sunday, as an indication that the U.S. will intervene whenever there is a threat of Communism in a Latin American revolt...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hoffmann, Hughes Slam Decision To Ship Troops to the Caribbean | 5/5/1965 | See Source »

Samuel H. Beer, professor of Government, supported Johnson's move on the grounds that John Barlow Martin, former U.S. ambassador to the Dominican Republic, has reported to the President that the revolt is controlled by Communists. Beer, an acquaintance of Martin, stated that Martin should be well acquainted with the situation...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hoffmann, Hughes Slam Decision To Ship Troops to the Caribbean | 5/5/1965 | See Source »

Samuel P. Huntington, professor of Government, stated that although ho feels it was justifiable to send troops to the Dominican Republic to evacuate foreigners, he thinks President Johnson was premature in labeling the revolt Communist controlled. Huntington said that the presence of our troops "weakened the reform elements, and support should have been given to former President Juan Bosch...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hoffmann, Hughes Slam Decision To Ship Troops to the Caribbean | 5/5/1965 | See Source »

Even if one accepts the decision to intervene, wise short-range strategy still did not dictate Johnson's course. At the beginning of the revolt, the Communists were clearly distinguishable from the pro-Bosch rebels. The State Department itself admitted this when it announced that, because of the discouragement of Bosch supporters with the strength of the Communists, the U.S. had decided to intervene. But intervene in favor of whom? For the Bosch supporters who wanted constitutional reform but hated the Communists enough to denounce their progress to the U.S.? Or for Wessin y Wessin whom even the "purest...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Good Neighbor | 5/4/1965 | See Source »

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