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 moderately free elections would ineluctably bring about . Namphy was a singularly inept politician . Having started in ...
... Nam- phy'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 singularly inept politician . Having started in ...
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... Namphy moved from his walled house outside Port - au - Prince into the National Palace , last inhabited by Jean - Claude and his wife . During his earlier regime and that of Manigat , such a move would have seemed symbolically ...
... Namphy moved from his walled house outside Port - au - Prince into the National Palace , last inhabited by Jean - Claude and his wife . During his earlier regime and that of Manigat , such a move would have seemed symbolically ...
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... Namphy back to power , made a brief visit to Washington that week . He later claimed that he took the trip to bring ... Namphy and Gwo Schiller slapping each other on the back on Télévision Nationale . " Turn your ass in whatever ...
... Namphy back to power , made a brief visit to Washington that week . He later claimed that he took the trip to bring ... Namphy and Gwo Schiller slapping each other on the back on Télévision Nationale . " Turn your ass in whatever ...
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