Editing Lyndon B. Johnson (section)

===Dominican Republic===
Like President Kennedy, Johnson sought to isolate [[Cuba]], which was under the rule of the Soviet-aligned [[Fidel Castro]].<ref>William O. Walker III,  "The Struggle for the Americas: The Johnson Administration and Cuba", H.W. Brands, ed. ''The foreign policies of Lyndon Johnson : beyond Vietnam'' (1999) pp 61–97. [https://archive.org/details/foreignpolicieso00hwbr/page/n7/mode/2up online]</ref>

In 1965, the [[Dominican Civil War]] broke out between the government of President [[Donald Reid Cabral]] and supporters of former president [[Juan Bosch (politician)|Juan Bosch]].<ref name="herring732736"/> On the advice of Abe Fortas, Johnson dispatched over 20,000 Marines to the Dominican Republic.<ref>Alan McPherson, "Misled by himself: What the Johnson tapes reveal about the Dominican intervention of 1965." ''Latin American Research Review'' (2003) 38#2: 127–146. [https://www.jstor.org/stable/1555422 online]</ref> Their role was not take sides but to evacuate American citizens and restore order. The U.S. also helped arrange an agreement providing for new elections. Johnson's use of force in ending the civil war alienated many in Latin America, and the region's importance to the administration receded as Johnson's foreign policy became increasingly dominated by the Vietnam War.<ref name="herring732736">Herring (2008), pp. 732–736</ref>