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 217
... Army in the Cap was restive . Thousands of students turned out for the mass , and the school was filled past capacity , with another thousand gathered out- side . Even before the service started , Army jeeps began patrolling the street ...
... Army in the Cap was restive . Thousands of students turned out for the mass , and the school was filled past capacity , with another thousand gathered out- side . Even before the service started , Army jeeps began patrolling the street ...
Page 361
... Army and the police , and the elimination of inhumane police practices . But they did not stop with the Army and the police . They sought to uproot corruption in the various agencies of the government , and asked for the appointment of ...
... Army and the police , and the elimination of inhumane police practices . But they did not stop with the Army and the police . They sought to uproot corruption in the various agencies of the government , and asked for the appointment of ...
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... Army forward . No other route to power was available . Elections had failed , the Church was crumbling , the Ton- tons Macoute organization no longer existed . " The Army has both its feet in politics , " wrote Haïti en Marche after ...
... Army forward . No other route to power was available . Elections had failed , the Church was crumbling , the Ton- tons Macoute organization no longer existed . " The Army has both its feet in politics , " wrote Haïti en Marche after ...
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