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Genre/Form: | Electronic books History |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Girard, Philippe R. Paradise lost. New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005 (DLC) 2005048679 |
Material Type: | Biography, Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Philippe R Girard |
ISBN: | 9781403980311 1403980314 140396887X 9781403968876 0230106617 9780230106611 1281368474 9781281368478 9786611368470 6611368477 |
OCLC Number: | 560198540 |
Language Note: | English. |
Description: | 1 online resource (x, 230 pages) : illustrations |
Contents: | Cover; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Remembrance of Things Past; 1 The Pearl of the Antilles: Haiti in Colonial Times (1492-1791); 2 The Slaves Who Defeated Napoléon: The Haitian Revolution (1791-1804); 3 Missed Opportunities: Haiti after Independence (1804-1915); 4 Benevolent Imperialism: Haiti during the First U.S. Occupation (1915-1934); 5 Hearts of Darkness: The Duvaliers' Black Revolution (1957-1986); 6 A Glimmer of Hope: Aristide's Rise to Power (1988-1991); 7 The Haitian Invasion of the United States: Haitian Boat People (October 1991-October 1993) 8 Invasion on Demand: The Second U.S. Invasion of Haiti (October 1993-October 1994)9 Gratitude is the Heart's (Short-Term) Memory: The Second Aristide Presidency (October 1994-February 1996); 10 Divide and Founder: The Préval Presidency (1996-2001); 11 Boss Titid: The Third Aristide Presidency (2001-2004); Conclusion: Is There Any Hope for Haiti?; Epilogue: Where Are They Now?; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
Responsibility: | Philippe R. Girard. |
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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 Read more...

