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Dominican Diary
After Trujillo falls in the Dominican Republic, Lyndon Johnson sends in 10,000 marines to keep the peace.
318 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1965
About the author
Tad Szulc
33 books10 followersTadeusz Witold Szulc was an author and foreign correspondent for The New York Times from 1953 to 1972
Szulc is credited with breaking the story of the Bay of Pigs invasion.
Szulc was born in Warsaw, Poland, the son of Seweryn and Janina Baruch Szulc.
He attended Institut Le Rosey in Switzerland.
In 1940 he emigrated from Poland to join his family in Brazil; it had left Poland in the mid-1930s.
In Brazil, he studied at the University of Brazil, but in 1945, he abandoned his studies to work as a reporter for the Associated Press in Rio de Janeiro.
In 1947 he moved from Brazil to New York City, and in 1954, he became a US citizen.
His emigration had been sponsored by United States Ambassador John Cooper Wiley, who was married to his aunt.
In 2001, Szulc died of cancer at his home, in Washington, D.C.
Szulc is credited with breaking the story of the Bay of Pigs invasion.
Szulc was born in Warsaw, Poland, the son of Seweryn and Janina Baruch Szulc.
He attended Institut Le Rosey in Switzerland.
In 1940 he emigrated from Poland to join his family in Brazil; it had left Poland in the mid-1930s.
In Brazil, he studied at the University of Brazil, but in 1945, he abandoned his studies to work as a reporter for the Associated Press in Rio de Janeiro.
In 1947 he moved from Brazil to New York City, and in 1954, he became a US citizen.
His emigration had been sponsored by United States Ambassador John Cooper Wiley, who was married to his aunt.
In 2001, Szulc died of cancer at his home, in Washington, D.C.
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