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Fruits of the Invasion

1975; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 9; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1080/10714839.1975.11724026

0095-5930

Fred Goff,

Cuban History and Society

Ten years ago this month President Lyndon Johnson ordered a military invasion of the Dominican Republic to put down the revolt aimed at reinstating the democraticallyelected former President Juan Bosch and his 1963 Constitution. Elsewhere we have tried to develop an analysis of the U.S. interests which stood behind the decision to intervene as seen from the perspective of a few months after the event. Here we will try to follow up that analysis from a perspective of ten years later. We will look at the beneficiaries of the invasion first as a whole; but one company, Gulf and Western Industries, in particular stands out as a major beneficiary and is worth examining later in more detail. This study was originally prepared for the April 1975 seminar in New York sponsored by the Dominican Republic 10th Anniversary Committee. It represents a preliminary research framework for further work on U.S. interests in the Dominican Republic which is in process but still far from completed.