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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... Nam- phy's National Council of Government and the Army , both of which feared the erosion of their powers that even ... Namphy's reaction to it established the anti - democratic , violent tenor of the season to come . On the day of the ...
... Nam- phy's National Council of Government and the Army , both of which feared the erosion of their powers that even ... Namphy's reaction to it established the anti - democratic , violent tenor of the season to come . On the day of the ...
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... Namphy's reasoning was not too different from that of his predecessor François Duvalier . The specter of the long arm of the United States , the major " foreign power " of which Namphy was speaking , was one that Papa Doc knew how to ...
... Namphy's reasoning was not too different from that of his predecessor François Duvalier . The specter of the long arm of the United States , the major " foreign power " of which Namphy was speaking , was one that Papa Doc knew how to ...
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... Namphy's face lights up . ' Hey , ' he says . " There is this one guy . I remember him from back a little while ago ... Namphy nods . ' Right , right , ' he says . " That's the one . Let's run him . ' " And so , " my friend predicted ...
... Namphy's face lights up . ' Hey , ' he says . " There is this one guy . I remember him from back a little while ago ... Namphy nods . ' Right , right , ' he says . " That's the one . Let's run him . ' " And so , " my friend predicted ...
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