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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... elections only insofar as their results were manipulable . Namphy and his men were worse than what the Well - Placed Em- bassy Official called them : " reluctant democrats . " They were dicta- tors in search of puppets . And the United ...
... elections only insofar as their results were manipulable . Namphy and his men were worse than what the Well - Placed Em- bassy Official called them : " reluctant democrats . " They were dicta- tors in search of puppets . And the United ...
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Haiti Since Duvalier Amy Wilentz. had exploited the peasantry for centuries . If elections were a step on the path toward popular democracy , the people would participate , but elections alone were never their goal . The peasants weren't ...
Haiti Since Duvalier Amy Wilentz. had exploited the peasantry for centuries . If elections were a step on the path toward popular democracy , the people would participate , but elections alone were never their goal . The peasants weren't ...
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... elections . All the money that the United States and other nations finally funneled into the CEP , some $ 8 million , could not put the elections together against this concerted attack by all of the armed forces in the land . But the ...
... elections . All the money that the United States and other nations finally funneled into the CEP , some $ 8 million , could not put the elections together against this concerted attack by all of the armed forces in the land . But the ...
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