Haiti: The Tumultuous History - From Pearl Of The Caribbean To Broken Nation

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Haiti
ISBN
9780230106611
Book Title
Haiti: the Tumultuous History - from Pearl of the Caribbean to Broken Nation : The Tumultuous History - from Pearl of the Caribbean to Broken Nation
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Item Length
8.1 in
Publication Year
2010
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Illustrator
Yes
Item Height
0.7 in
Author
Philippe Girard
Genre
Political Science, History
Topic
World / Caribbean & Latin American, Public Policy / Economic Policy, Caribbean & West Indies / General
Item Weight
8.1 Oz
Item Width
5.6 in
Number of Pages
256 Pages
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Publisher
St. Martin's Press
ISBN-10
0230106617
ISBN-13
9780230106611
eBay Product ID (ePID)
84246555

Product Key Features

Book Title
Haiti: the Tumultuous History - from Pearl of the Caribbean to Broken Nation : The Tumultuous History - from Pearl of the Caribbean to Broken Nation
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2010
Topic
World / Caribbean & Latin American, Public Policy / Economic Policy, Caribbean & West Indies / General
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Political Science, History
Author
Philippe Girard
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
8.1 Oz
Item Length
8.1 in
Item Width
5.6 in

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Trade
LCCN
2010-021390
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
"An engaging and wonderfully readable account of the circumstances leading up to the U.S. invasion of Haiti in 1994, and its restoration of Jean-Bertrand Aristide as Haitian president." -- Elizabeth Abbott, Trinity College, University of Toronto on Clinton in Haiti "This is an extraordinarily well written account that places Clinton's Haitian foreign policy in historical perspective. Linguistic wit and analytical sophistication prevail as Girard skillfully weaves readers through the complexities and tragedy of Haiti's history and the highly touted, but unsuccessful aftermath of the 1994 "invasion" by U.S. troops to restore Aristide and democracy to this Caribbean republic. Until Clinton administration classified documents become available this will remain the standard account and an object lesson for all future American cut-and-run attempts at peace-keeping and nation-building." -- Joan Hoff, Montana State University, Bozeman on Clinton in Haiti "Written by an outstanding young French scholar of recent American history, this examination of U.S. intervention in Haiti under Bill Clinton probes the motivations behind an unnecessary military action and explains the ways in which objective failure is translated into political success. The author's finely-calibrated sense of irony makes his work as entertaining as it is instructive." -- Alonzo L. Hamby, Ohio University, and author of For the Survival of Democracy: Franklin Roosevelt and the World Crisis of the 1930s, on Clinton in Haiti, An engaging and wonderfully readable account of the circumstances leading up to the U.S. invasion of Haiti in 1994, and its restoration of Jean-Bertrand Aristide as Haitian president., Praise for Clinton in Haiti by Philippe Girard: "An engaging and wonderfully readable account of the circumstances leading up to the U.S. invasion of Haiti in 1994, and its restoration of Jean-Bertrand Aristide as Haitian president."--Elizabeth Abbott, Trinity College, University of Toronto "This is an extraordinarily well written account that places Clinton's Haitian foreign policy in historical perspective. Linguistic wit and analytical sophistication prevail as Girard skillfully weaves readers through the complexities and tragedy of Haiti's history and the highly touted, but unsuccessful aftermath of the 1994 "invasion" by U.S. troops to restore Aristide and democracy to this Caribbean republic. Until Clinton administration classified documents become available this will remain the standard account and an object lesson for all future American cut-and-run attempts at peace-keeping and nation-building."--Joan Hoff, Montana State University, Bozeman "Written by an outstanding young French scholar of recent American history, this examination of U.S. intervention in Haiti under Bill Clinton probes the motivations behind an unnecessary military action and explains the ways in which objective failure is translated into political success. The author's finely-calibrated sense of irony makes his work as entertaining as it is instructive."--Alonzo L. Hamby, Ohio University, and author of For the Survival of Democracy: Franklin Roosevelt and the World Crisis of the 1930s, Written by an outstanding young French scholar of recent American history, this examination of U.S. intervention in Haiti under Bill Clinton probes the motivations behind an unnecessary military action and explains the ways in which objective failure is translated into political success. The author's finely-calibrated sense of irony makes his work as entertaining as it is instructive., Praise forClinton in Haitiby Philippe Girard: "An engaging and wonderfully readable account of the circumstances leading up to the U.S. invasion of Haiti in 1994, and its restoration of Jean-Bertrand Aristide as Haitian president."--Elizabeth Abbott, Trinity College, University of Toronto "This is an extraordinarily well written account that places Clinton's Haitian foreign policy in historical perspective. Linguistic wit and analytical sophistication prevail as Girard skillfully weaves readers through the complexities and tragedy of Haiti's history and the highly touted, but unsuccessful aftermath of the 1994 "invasion" by U.S. troops to restore Aristide and democracy to this Caribbean republic. Until Clinton administration classified documents become available this will remain the standard account and an object lesson for all future American cut-and-run attempts at peace-keeping and nation-building."--Joan Hoff, Montana State University, Bozeman "Written by an outstanding young French scholar of recent American history, this examination of U.S. intervention in Haiti under Bill Clinton probes the motivations behind an unnecessary military action and explains the ways in which objective failure is translated into political success. The author's finely-calibrated sense of irony makes his work as entertaining as it is instructive."--Alonzo L. Hamby, Ohio University, and author ofFor the Survival of Democracy: Franklin Roosevelt and the World Crisis of the 1930s, Reviews for Clinton in Haiti: 'An engaging and wonderfully readable account of the circumstances leading up to the U.S. invasion of Haiti in 1994, and its restoration of Jean-Bertrand Aristide as Haitian president.' - Elizabeth Abbott, Trinity College, University of Toronto, Canada 'This is an extraordinarily well written account that places Clinton's Haitian foreign policy in historical perspective. Linguistic wit and analytical sophistication prevail as Girard skillfully weaves readers through the complexities and tragedy of Haiti's history and the highly touted, but unsuccessful aftermath of the 1994 "invasion" by U.S. troops to restore Aristide and democracy to this Caribbean republic. Until Clinton administration classified documents become available this will remain the standard account and an object lesson for all future American cut-and-run attempts at peace-keeping and nation-building.' - Joan Hoff, Montana State University, Bozeman, USA 'Written by an outstanding young French scholar of recent American history, this examination of U.S. intervention in Haiti under Bill Clinton probes the motivations behind an unnecessary military action and explains the ways in which objective failure is translated into political success. The author's finely-calibrated sense of irony makes his work as entertaining as it is instructive.' - Alonzo L. Hamby, Ohio University, USA and author of For the Survival of Democracy: Franklin Roosevelt and the World Crisis of the 1930s, Born in the French Caribbean, educated in France and the United States, Philippe Girard is uniquely qualified to write this short, gripping history of the Western Hemisphere's most dysfunctional nation. Often eloquent, always frank, unsparing in his depiction of centuries of cruelty and despair, Girard concludes that Haitians must ultimately repair their own political souls before they can escape from their bloody past."—Alonzo L. Hamby, Ohio University, and author ofFor the Survival of Democracy Praise forClinton in Haitiby Philippe Girard: "An engaging and wonderfully readable account of the circumstances leading up to the U.S. invasion of Haiti in 1994, and its restoration of Jean-Bertrand Aristide as Haitian president."--Elizabeth Abbott, Trinity College, University of Toronto "This is an extraordinarily well written account that places Clinton's Haitian foreign policy in historical perspective. Linguistic wit and analytical sophistication prevail as Girard skillfully weaves readers through the complexities and tragedy of Haiti's history and the highly touted, but unsuccessful aftermath of the 1994 "invasion" by U.S. troops to restore Aristide and democracy to this Caribbean republic. Until Clinton administration classified documents become available this will remain the standard account and an object lesson for all future American cut-and-run attempts at peace-keeping and nation-building."--Joan Hoff, Montana State University, Bozeman "Written by an outstanding young French scholar of recent American history, this examination of U.S. intervention in Haiti under Bill Clinton probes the motivations behind an unnecessary military action and explains the ways in which objective failure is translated into political success. The author's finely-calibrated sense of irony makes his work as entertaining as it is instructive."--Alonzo L. Hamby, Ohio University, and author ofFor the Survival of Democracy: Franklin Roosevelt and the World Crisis of the 1930s, Reviewsfor Clinton in Haiti : 'An engaging and wonderfully readable account of the circumstances leading up to the U.S. invasion of Haiti in 1994, and its restoration of Jean-Bertrand Aristide as Haitian president.' -Elizabeth Abbott, Trinity College, University of Toronto, Canada 'This is an extraordinarily well written account that places Clinton's Haitian foreign policy in historical perspective. Linguistic wit and analytical sophistication prevail as Girard skillfully weaves readers through the complexities and tragedy of Haiti's history and the highly touted, but unsuccessful aftermath of the 1994 "invasion" by U.S. troops to restore Aristide and democracy to this Caribbean republic. Until Clinton administration classified documents become available this will remain the standard account and an object lesson for all future American cut-and-run attempts at peace-keeping and nation-building.' -Joan Hoff, Montana State University, Bozeman, USA 'Written by an outstanding young French scholar of recent American history, this examination of U.S. intervention in Haiti under Bill Clinton probes the motivations behind an unnecessary military action and explains the ways in which objective failure is translated into political success. The author's finely-calibrated sense of irony makes his work as entertaining as it is instructive.' -Alonzo L. Hamby,Ohio University, USA and author of For the Survival of Democracy: Franklin Roosevelt and the World Crisis of the 1930s, This is an extraordinarily well written account that places Clinton's Haitian foreign policy in historical perspective. Linguistic wit and analytical sophistication prevail as Girard skillfully weaves readers through the complexities and tragedy of Haiti's history and the highly touted, but unsuccessful aftermath of the 1994 "invasion" by U.S. troops to restore Aristide and democracy to this Caribbean republic. Until Clinton administration classified documents become available this will remain the standard account and an object lesson for all future American cut-and-run attempts at peace-keeping and nation-building., "Born in the French Caribbean, educated in France and the United States, Philippe Girard is uniquely qualified to write this short, gripping history of the Western Hemisphere's most dysfunctional nation. Often eloquent, always frank, unsparing in his depiction of centuries of cruelty and despair, Girard concludes that Haitians must ultimately repair their own political souls before they can escape from their bloody past."--Alonzo L. Hamby, Ohio University, and author ofFor the Survival of Democracy"Haiti has been waiting a long time for a good comprehensive history. Philip Girard's understanding of the current crisis and its roots in Haitian history and culture is deep and this book will be an important resource for years to come."--Stewart King, author ofBlue Coat or Powered Wig Praise forClinton in Haitiby Philippe Girard: "An engaging and wonderfully readable account of the circumstances leading up to the U.S. invasion of Haiti in 1994, and its restoration of Jean-Bertrand Aristide as Haitian president."--Elizabeth Abbott, Trinity College, University of Toronto "This is an extraordinarily well written account that places Clinton's Haitian foreign policy in historical perspective. Linguistic wit and analytical sophistication prevail as Girard skillfully weaves readers through the complexities and tragedy of Haiti's history and the highly touted, but unsuccessful aftermath of the 1994 "invasion" by U.S. troops to restore Aristide and democracy to this Caribbean republic. Until Clinton administration classified documents become available this will remain the standard account and an object lesson for all future American cut-and-run attempts at peace-keeping and nation-building."--Joan Hoff, Montana State University, Bozeman "Written by an outstanding young French scholar of recent American history, this examination of U.S. intervention in Haiti under Bill Clinton probes the motivations behind an unnecessary military action and explains the ways in which objective failure is translated into political success. The author's finely-calibrated sense of irony makes his work as entertaining as it is instructive."--Alonzo L. Hamby, Ohio University, and author ofFor the Survival of Democracy: Franklin Roosevelt and the World Crisis of the 1930s
Dewey Decimal
972.94
Table Of Content
Introduction * The Pearl of the Antilles: Haiti in Colonial Times (1492-1791) * Did Haiti Save the United States?: The Haitian Revolution and the Early American Republic (1791-1804) * Ideal and Pariah: Haiti after Independence (1804-1915) * American Colony: Haiti During the First U.S. Occupation (1915-1934) * Under Papa Doc's Spell: Haiti in the Cold War (1957-1986) * A Glimmer of Hope: The First Aristide Presidency (1990-1991) * The Haitian Invasion of the United States: Haitian Boat People (1991-1994) * In Our Backyard: The Second U.S. Invasion of Haiti (1994) * Beyond the Mountains, More Mountains: The International Community's Failed Development Program in Haiti (1995-1997) * Bayonets Are Made of Steel, Constitutions of Paper: Haiti's Growing Political Instability (1997-2004) * Here We Go Again: Aristide Overthrown (2004) * Conclusion: Is There Any Hope for Haiti?
Synopsis
In the aftermath of January's horrific earthquake, the world's attention is focused on Haiti. In this full narrative history of the Caribbean nation, historian Philippe Girard offers insight into Haiti's complex and layered past, showing that its current state as the poorest country in the western hemisphere was not inevitable., Why has Haiti been plagued by so many woes? Why have multiple U.S. efforts to create a stable democracy in Haiti failed so spectacularly? Philippe Girard answers these and other questions, examining how colonialism and slavery have left a legacy of racial tension, both within Haiti and internationally; Haitians remain deeply suspicious of white foriegners' motives, many of whom doubt Hatians' ability to govern themselves. He also examines how Haiti's current political instability is merely a continuation of political strife that began during the War of Independence (1791-1804). Finally, in Haiti: The Tumultuous History, Girard explores poverty's devastating impact on contemporary Haiti and argues that Haitians--particularly home-grown dictators--bear a big share of the responsibility for their nation's troubles., Why has Haiti been plagued by so many woes? Why have multiple U.S. efforts to create a stable democracy in Haiti failed so spectacularly? Philippe Girard answers these and other questions, examining how colonialism and slavery have left a legacy of racial tension, both within Haiti and internationally; Haitians remain deeply suspicious of white foriegners' motives, many of whom doubt Hatians' ability to govern themselves. He also examines how Haiti's current political instability is merely a continuation of political strife that began during the War of Independence (1791-1804). Finally, in Haiti: The Tumultuous History, Girard explores poverty's devastating impact on contemporary Haiti and argues that Haitians--particularly home-grown dictators--bear a big share of the responsibility for their nation's troubles
LC Classification Number
F1921.G47 2010

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