Bøger af Bernard Diederich

In the last 5 years evangelists from the U.S.have implanted their cults in Haiti, The results are enormous and the clash of culture (Vodou)very real.These chapters by a professional journalist tell an accurate story of religion today in Haiti.

It was located on the edge of Port-au-Prince.To be confined there under the Duvalier dictatorship was to die a slow diseased death in most humiliating manner.No death machine compared with Fort Dimanche from 1957 to 1986.

A personal memoir reviewing my youth post WWII and my arrival in Haiti, the beginnings of the Haiti Sun, my English weekly, with reflections while in solitary confinement after my arrest following the bloodiest day of the Duvalier dictatorship. Life in the Haiti of the fifties.A stranger arrives in Haiti and falls in love with the Country and its people. Share his discovery and experiences.

Examining the media and historical event that help found today's Hispaniola, Haiti and the Dominican Republic. The pen often challenged the sword. This is volume One.

Papa Dok was first printed in 1968 while Papa Dok was alive and was later printed into seven languages and now Kreyol (Creole). It is the story of the early days of the dictatorship that was to last thirty years. It was a time of evil and terrible fear. This is a non-fiction book and the work of two journalists.

April 1961 was a disastrous year for John F. Kennedy as he was saddled with the shocking CIA ops, Bay of Pigs. It was the end of the Dominican dictatorship and beginning of the bloody tyranny of Haiti's Papa Doc Duvalier and more

This non-fiction book in Kreyol is the story of the son of Dr. Francols papa dok Duvalier .Jean-Claude succeed his father as president-for-life at age 19. The author spend days trying to get into his head while he was in exile in France where he went from riches to life of a pauper. This is his story.

This is about Haiti's golden years when it attracted writers and artists among the windfall of Tourists.Haiti was on the map when Time Magazine put Gen.Paul E.Magloire on its cover calling him "Bon Papa"

Presenting a story of Nicaragua's notorious tyrant, this work paints a portrait of the man against a backdrop of Nicaragua's political structure, social circumstance, and economic background, encompassing its relations with other Central American countries and the ramifications of the civil war of 1978-79.

Originally published in 1970, this is the story of Haiti under the rule of Dr Francois Duvalier. Bernard Diederich lived in Haiti for fourteen years and had personal experience of the early Duvalier days and the period of Maloire's rule. His work exposes the evil of Duvalier's rule and the tale of how Duvalier undid US policy.

Certain years are pivotal in global history, and one such year was 1959. 1959 was indeed an historic year during which Fidel Castro's guerrilla war in Cuba toppled dictator Fulgencio Batista. This book traces a pivotal year that began with Fidel Castro's victory in Cuba, triggering reverberations that changed the Caribbean.

Presents Haiti, pearl of the Antilles, during the presidency of General Paul E (Bon Papa) Magloire (1950-56). This work gives us a balanced and unbiased history of Haiti of the period. Those who did not live in this period may be surprised to learn of the other Haiti, the beautiful bygone Haiti in which the future was full of promise.

On May 30, 1961, a hail of bullets ended the life of Generalissimo Rafael Leonidas Trujillo, known to his countrymen as ""The Goat"", after 31 years of brutal rule over the Dominican Republic. This work is a minute-by-minute account of the plot to kill Trujillo and the wave of revenge that ensued.