The Rainy Season: Haiti Since DuvalierRecounting a series of personal journeys, each interwoven with scenes from Haiti's extraordinary past, the author brings to life the day-to-day realities of the politically turbulent country |
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Page 132
This put Aristide oddly enough close to the camp of Namphy ' s National Council
of Government and the Army , both of which feared the erosion of their powers
that even moderately free elections would ineluctably bring about . Namphy was
a ...
This put Aristide oddly enough close to the camp of Namphy ' s National Council
of Government and the Army , both of which feared the erosion of their powers
that even moderately free elections would ineluctably bring about . Namphy was
a ...
Page 337
Namphy was back , the light - skinned , twinkly - eyed villain of Haiti ' s latest
nightmare . As I watched him make tough speech after speech in the weeks that
followed , speeches about the unchallenged might of the Army , I kept
remembering ...
Namphy was back , the light - skinned , twinkly - eyed villain of Haiti ' s latest
nightmare . As I watched him make tough speech after speech in the weeks that
followed , speeches about the unchallenged might of the Army , I kept
remembering ...
Page 359
If Namphy did not fall , people were saying , his new regime would be the
bloodiest yet in Haitian history . General Prosper Avril , the Duvalier adviser who
had helped bring Namphy back to power , made a brief visit to Washington that
week .
If Namphy did not fall , people were saying , his new regime would be the
bloodiest yet in Haitian history . General Prosper Avril , the Duvalier adviser who
had helped bring Namphy back to power , made a brief visit to Washington that
week .
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| Title | The Rainy Season: Haiti Since Duvalier A Touchstone Book |
| Author | Amy Wilentz |
| Publisher | Simon and Schuster, 1989 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 26 Sep 2008 |
| ISBN | 0671641867, 9780671641863 |
| Length | 427 pages |
| Subjects | › History / General |
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