The Rainy Season: Haiti Since DuvalierThis welcome interpretation of Haiti provides many insights into a country that few North Americans understand. Wilentz, a journalist, captures the complex cultural ambience and mystery of domestic politics with a penetrating eye and powerful description. Covering the years 1986-89, Wilentz analyzes political developments, centering her interpretations on the activities of a radical priest, interspersed with individual Haitian portraits and personal incidents. The flavor of Haiti is superbly conveyed, as are some unsavory aspects of the role of the press, the Catholic Church, and the U.S. embassy, but Wilentz's narrative is often unclear and her objectivity flawed. For academic and large public libraries.-- Roderic A. Camp, Central Coll., Pella, Ia . -Library Journal. |
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Page 87
... Marc Bazin , a presidential candidate who had recently left a job in Washington with the World Bank to return to Haiti and wage his campaign . Namphy's officers were also drink- ing champagne , big men in khaki uniforms with red - and ...
... Marc Bazin , a presidential candidate who had recently left a job in Washington with the World Bank to return to Haiti and wage his campaign . Namphy's officers were also drink- ing champagne , big men in khaki uniforms with red - and ...
Page 309
... Marc Bazin and Louis Déjoie and Leslie Man- igat and the sour - faced Gourgue peered up from the floor like head shots from their own obituaries . The illiterate voters would never know these faces , of course , though they might ...
... Marc Bazin and Louis Déjoie and Leslie Man- igat and the sour - faced Gourgue peered up from the floor like head shots from their own obituaries . The illiterate voters would never know these faces , of course , though they might ...
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... Marc Bazin , the U.S. government's favorite son in the No- vember elections , began asking for constructive dialogue with the military dictatorship . In the middle of a night at the beginning of July , four men wear- ing black hoods and ...
... Marc Bazin , the U.S. government's favorite son in the No- vember elections , began asking for constructive dialogue with the military dictatorship . In the middle of a night at the beginning of July , four men wear- ing black hoods and ...
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