Interwar 13: America invades the Dominican Republic, 1916-1924

About this episode

This episode discusses America's invasion of the Dominican Republic during the Interwar years and the eventual withdrawal of American forces.

In the Interwar years America invaded many Central American and Caribbean countries. The major ones included Haiti, Nicaragua, and the Dominican Republic. We start with the DR, 1916-1924, who nonetheless managed to get the Americans to withdraw.

People in this episode

Host: Justin Podur

Topics covered

• American intervention
• Dominican Republic
• Interwar period
• Central America
• Caribbean history

Keywords

• America
• Dominican Republic
• invasion
• Interwar years
• Haiti
• Nicaragua
• withdrawal

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Dominican Republic, Haiti, Nicaragua

More episodes of The Anti Empire Project with Justin Podur

• Interwar 14: Sandino battles the Americans for Nicaragua, 1927-1933 · June 2, 2026 · 1h 15m
• Interwar 12 America: The Scopes Monkey Trial, Sacco & Vanzetti framed · May 17, 2026 · 48 min
• Interwar 11: The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 · May 14, 2026 · 1h 46m
• Interwar 10 America pt2: American Racism – Reservations, Black Labor, the KKK · May 6, 2026 · 47 min
• Interwar 9 America pt1: Autos, Cinema, Airplanes, Finance, Prohibition, Gangsters · April 26, 2026 · 2h 21m
• Interwar 8: The rise of the first Reza Shah Pahlavi · April 2, 2026 · 42 min