Damming The Flood 1E Cl

by Hallward,Peter

• ISBN13: 9781844672349
• ISBN10: 1844672344
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-04-17
• Publisher: VERSO

Summary

Riveting expose of US-led destruction of democratic government in Haiti. Once the most lucrative European colony in the Caribbean, Haiti has become one of the most divided and impoverished countries in the world. In the late 1980s a remarkable popular mobilization known as Lavalas, or "the flood," sought to liberate the island from decades of US-backed dictatorial rule. After winning a landslide election victory, in 1991 the Lavalas government, led by President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, was overthrown by a bloody military coup.Damming the Floodanalyzes how and why Aristide's enemies in Haiti, the US and France instigated a second coup in 2004 to remove Aristide and Lavalas for good. The elaborate international campaign to contain, discredit and then overthrow Lavalas at the start of the twenty-first century was perhaps the most successful act of imperial sabotage since the end of the Cold War. Its execution and its impact provide important lessons for those interested in today's political struggles in Latin America and the rest of the post-colonial world.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Chronology	p. xi
Acronyms	p. xv
Introduction	p. xxiii
1791-1991: From the First Independence to the Second	p. 1
1991-1999: The First Coup and its Consequences	p. 39
2000-2001: Aristide and the Crisis of Democracy	p. 74
2000-2003: Investing in Pluralism	p. 89
2001-2003: The Return of the Army	p. 119
2001-2004: Aristide's Second Administration	p. 131
2001-2004: The Winner Loses?	p. 141
2003-2004: Preparing for War	p. 175
2004: The Second Coup	p. 200
2004: Revenge of the Haitian Elite	p. 250
2004-2006: Repression and Resistance	p. 277
Conclusion	p. 311
"One Step at a Time": An Interview with Jean-Bertrand Aristide (July 2006)	p. 317
Notes	p. 346
Bibliography	p. 408
Index	p. 419
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