The Dictator Next DoorThe question of how U. S. foreign policy should manage relations with autocratic governments, particularly in the Caribbean and Latin America, has always been difficult and complex. In The Dictator Next Door Eric Paul Roorda focuses on the relations between the U. S. and the Dominican Republic following Rafael Trujillos seizure of power in 1930. Examining the transition from the noninterventionist policies of the Hoover administration to Roosevelts