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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... gunfire . I smiled back and would have raised my glass to him in a trite gesture , but I could tell that my hand would trem- ble . Now his pen was beckoning . I nodded . " Who are you , then ? " he asked me as I sat down at his table ...
... gunfire . I smiled back and would have raised my glass to him in a trite gesture , but I could tell that my hand would trem- ble . Now his pen was beckoning . I nodded . " Who are you , then ? " he asked me as I sat down at his table ...
Page 96
... gunfire will start or where it's coming from . There is an element of surprise . The Army is not on your side . Tear gas comes next . Then you have to run . Running with the crowd is one thing . They don't stop , and they don't carry ...
... gunfire will start or where it's coming from . There is an element of surprise . The Army is not on your side . Tear gas comes next . Then you have to run . Running with the crowd is one thing . They don't stop , and they don't carry ...
Page 370
... gunfire continued over at Raymond's , a friend who lived in Delmas called to say that a shootout between the Army and Jean- Claude Paul's attachés was going on at Delmas 19 , where the Duva- lierists had the headquarters of their party ...
... gunfire continued over at Raymond's , a friend who lived in Delmas called to say that a shootout between the Army and Jean- Claude Paul's attachés was going on at Delmas 19 , where the Duva- lierists had the headquarters of their party ...
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