Papa Doc & The Tontons Macoutes
"No one alive... is better qualified than Bernard Diederich to tell the horrifying story of Haiti under the rule of Dr. Francois Duvalier.... What a story it is: tragic, terrifying, bizarre, even at times comic. Papa Doc sits in his bath wearing his top hat for meditating: the head of his enemy Philogenes stands on his desk: the hearse carrying another enemy's body is stolen by the Tonton Macoutes at the church door: the writer Alexis is stoned to death.... This is a very full account of Duvalier's reign which will be indispensable to future historians." - Graham Greene in the Foreword "A detailed expose of the evil incarnate in Duvalier's rule.... Shakedowns of foreign businessmen, and their governments, are shown to be commonplace.... Torture... sometimes directed by the dictator himself... emerges as the cement to hold the police state together.... The frustrating counterpoint to this terror story is the tale of how Duvalier has undone United States policy and humiliated Washington." - Washington Post "A truly revealing book." - St. Louis Post-Dispatch"