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"Haiti's 1994 Operation Uphold Democracy" provides a critical examination of the United States-led military intervention in Haiti, aimed at restoring the democratically elected President Jean-Bertrand Aristide to power. This in-depth analysis, which forgoes personal interviews in favor of a thorough review of available documentation, military records, governmental archives, NGO reports, and media coverage, offers readers a comprehensive understanding...
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During the Haitian Revolution of 1791-1804, arguably the most radical revolution of the modern world, slaves and former slaves succeeded in ending slavery and establishing an independent state. Yet on the Spanish island of Cuba barely fifty miles distant, the events in Haiti helped usher in the antithesis of revolutionary emancipation. When Cuban planters and authorities saw the devastation of the neighboring colony, they rushed to fill the void left...
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In 1804 Haiti became the world's first independent black Republic following a slave revolution. 200 years later, ravaged by colonialism and violence, it was placed under UN military occupation.
Haiti's New Dictatorship charts the country's recent history, from the 2004 coup against President Aristide to the devastating 2010 earthquake, revealing a shocking story of abuse and indifference by international forces. Justin Podur unmasks the grim...
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The memoirs of pharmacist Frank J. Nice describe many of his experiences that occurred on his now twenty-four mission trips to Haiti. Although his mission trips span over 20 years, he describes his experiences in such detail as if a mission trip occurred yesterday. The goal of the mission trips is to provide medical assistance to the underserved Haitian people. The memoirs describe an evolution of the medical mission trips, but the memoirs also provide...
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Through the true story of Wallace Turnbull, one of Haiti's pioneers in development and missions, Say To These Mountains takes readers on a journey where grace and beauty shine into even the tightest crevices of brokenness, poverty, and loss.
Over the course of 70 years, Wallace's work changed countless lives and influenced national policy in both Haiti and the United States. For his contributions, he was decorated with the National Order of Honor...
7) Literal Madness: 3 Novels: Kathy Goes to Haiti, My Death My Life by Pier Paolo Pasolini, and Florida
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A collection of three novels from the experimental feminist writer: "Literal Madness is Acker at her most powerful, disturbing, and provocative." -Catherine Texier, author of Victorine
Kathy Goes to Haiti, the first of three novels in Literal Madness, "speaks to us out of a delightful mock-naivete that reminds one at times of the Dick and Jane readers rewritten as manuals for politics and sex . . . At once hilarious and terrifying, [it] has all...