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 269
... American Plan , plan meriken . Some document embarrassing to the Americans , I supposed , had been made public . The American Plan - it was a Machiavellian conspir- acy to force Haiti to comply with U.S. economic and geopolitical needs ...
... American Plan , plan meriken . Some document embarrassing to the Americans , I supposed , had been made public . The American Plan - it was a Machiavellian conspir- acy to force Haiti to comply with U.S. economic and geopolitical needs ...
Page 270
... American Plan " for Haiti , there were a number of U.S. development programs for the country that , taken together , would probably have had the effects that Verdieu cited . In the Haitian imagination , however , the American Plan did ...
... American Plan " for Haiti , there were a number of U.S. development programs for the country that , taken together , would probably have had the effects that Verdieu cited . In the Haitian imagination , however , the American Plan did ...
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... American Plan . " You'd see a white woman standing by as five Haitians fixed her flat tire , and the con- clusion was inescapable : the American Plan . It was funny , but not to the American Embassy . They took the thing very seriously ...
... American Plan . " You'd see a white woman standing by as five Haitians fixed her flat tire , and the con- clusion was inescapable : the American Plan . It was funny , but not to the American Embassy . They took the thing very seriously ...
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