Trujillo : the biography of a great leader / by Abelardo R. Nanita ; biographical data Rafael Vidal.

Foreword, vii -- Biographical data, xiii -- Part one. -- The country. A brief geographical, historical, and political resume -- I. The island of Santo Domingo, 3 -- II. December 5, 1492, 10 -- Part two. The man, 27 -- III. Family tree, 27 -- IV. 1937, 31 -- V. Portrait study, 34 -- VI. Attributes of character, 38 -- VII. Key traits of character, 43 -- VIII. A political figure but not a politician, 48 -- IX. In politics, 53 -- X. family life, 55 -- XI. Front and center, 59 -- Part three. The statesman, 65 -- XII. The Dominican Republic's constitution, 65 -- XIII. Financial independence, 73 -- XIV. Organization of the national army, 83 -- XV. A permanent boundary, 93 -- XVI. Trujillo, creator of peace, 100 -- XVII. Commerce in the Caribbean, 106 -- XVIII. At the crossroads, 116 -- Part four. Trujillo's administration, 133 -- XIX. Relevant facts and figures, 133 -- XX. Trujillo and Cordell Hull, 184 -- Appendices, 199 -- I. Pertinent letters, 199 -- II. Reply to the communication of the department of labor of Haiti, 201 -- III. Excerpts from letters of Elie Lescot to President Trujillo, 202 -- IV. Cuba's role in the Caribbean war, 209 -- Bibliography, 215.