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 60
... guns . Gun # 2668351 [ reads the first entry ] has been released to a militia member for thirty minutes at the order of Com- pany Commander Véricain . . . . ˇ The V.S.N. Pierre Jean has taken a gun in order to go home for half an hour ...
... guns . Gun # 2668351 [ reads the first entry ] has been released to a militia member for thirty minutes at the order of Com- pany Commander Véricain . . . . ˇ The V.S.N. Pierre Jean has taken a gun in order to go home for half an hour ...
Page 61
... guns to M. Gérard Raymond , sergeant on the Fourth Watch : six guns in the guardroom , one at the stairway , and one for the sentry box , none of which have been registered by number . The little book also records denunciations of ...
... guns to M. Gérard Raymond , sergeant on the Fourth Watch : six guns in the guardroom , one at the stairway , and one for the sentry box , none of which have been registered by number . The little book also records denunciations of ...
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... guns , and the noise stopped only with the dawn . A warning from machetes to machine guns is a curious exercise , and one that in the long run rarely impresses the men with the machine guns . What the photographers should have waited to ...
... guns , and the noise stopped only with the dawn . A warning from machetes to machine guns is a curious exercise , and one that in the long run rarely impresses the men with the machine guns . What the photographers should have waited to ...
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