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 350
... attack- ers retreated . No one from the Military Airport or the Traffic Police , both of which face the intersection where St. - Jean - Bosco stands , interceded during the attack . The siege had gone on for more than an hour now . The ...
... attack- ers retreated . No one from the Military Airport or the Traffic Police , both of which face the intersection where St. - Jean - Bosco stands , interceded during the attack . The siege had gone on for more than an hour now . The ...
Page 353
... attack began , the police came in and evacuated the congregants who were still hiding inside the inner courtyard , the body of a man dressed in white for the Constitution lay face down in a puddle of blood halfway across the inner ...
... attack began , the police came in and evacuated the congregants who were still hiding inside the inner courtyard , the body of a man dressed in white for the Constitution lay face down in a puddle of blood halfway across the inner ...
Page 368
... attack on the Sunday mass celebration at St. - Jean - Bosco , without mentioning the name either of the church or of ... attack on St. - Jean - Bosco . Of course , the reasons for the delay were obvious . It was difficult to condemn such ...
... attack on the Sunday mass celebration at St. - Jean - Bosco , without mentioning the name either of the church or of ... attack on St. - Jean - Bosco . Of course , the reasons for the delay were obvious . It was difficult to condemn such ...
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