Hideous Dream A Soldier's Memoir of the US Invasion of Haiti

by Goff, Stan

• ISBN13: 9781887128636
• ISBN10: 1887128638
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-01-31
• Publisher: Soft Skull Press

Summary

Stan Goff, a Master Sergeant in the US armed,forces, refused to defy the contradictions between,what the foreign policy establishment said and,what the US Army did, and took sides with the,Haitian democratic forces over the US supported,death squad apparatus. This personal account is a,revealing look at US foreign policy and at the,workings of the US Special Forces during the Haiti,crisis.

Table of Contents

Introduction	i
The Emotional Attachment	1	(4)
Rumors and Promotions	5	(8)
The Problem Children	13	(4)
Race Odyssey	17	(18)
The 51st State	35	(6)
Oxymorons: ``Sweet Sorow,'' ``Jumbo Shrimp'' and ``Military Intelligence''	41	(4)
Green Light	45	(8)
My Guys Have Been There	53	(4)
The Face Under the Streetlamp	57	(6)
Observations on the Plane	63	(4)
The Tent	67	(6)
Skinnydipping	73	(4)
Rehearsing Death	77	(4)
Schism	81	(10)
The Soft Option	91	(4)
Rules of Engagement	95	(4)
Gator	99	(2)
Logjam	101	(6)
The End of Innocence...Again	107	(4)
Dialectic	111	(4)
Escape From Alcatraz	115	(4)
The Baseball Factory	119	(2)
Shenanigans	121	(4)
Through the Looking Glass	125	(16)
First Cracks	141	(8)
Combined Patrols, the Voudon Temple, and the Village of Junk	149	(4)
Chez Laura	153	(2)
We Have It Under Control	155	(2)
Jailbreak I	157	(2)
The Ouanaminthe Plan	159	(2)
The Pied Pipers of Gonaives	161	(4)
Sleeping With the Enemy	165	(4)
Macoute	169	(4)
Iron Jesus	173	(4)
The Priest and the Lieutenant Colonel	177	(4)
Robin Hood	181	(4)
Dave Goes Home	185	(4)
Pressures	189	(4)
Jailbreak II	193	(4)
Castra	197	(6)
The Ouanaminthe-Marine Corps Plan	203	(2)
Bonaparte's Air Operation	205	(2)
Semper Fi	207	(8)
Moon Over Parador	215	(4)
Speechmaker	219	(4)
Bartertown	223	(2)
Trusted Agents	225	(6)
Public Relations	231	(4)
The Les Caves Directive	235	(2)
Bridges	237	(4)
Damocles	241	(4)
L'Escale	245	(4)
The Pascal Plan	249	(6)
The Longest Day	255	(14)
Sweeping the Street	269	(8)
The Meeting	277	(8)
Death Drives a Toyota	285	(2)
Rangers, Recons, and the Man at the River	287	(6)
Conflicts	293	(6)
Napolen Gets Nervous	299	(4)
The Fanfan Story	303	(10)
The House	313	(8)
Percy	321	(6)
Ali	327	(10)
The Bully	337	(10)
Electricity and Rage	347	(6)
The Belladere Incident	353	(4)
Tipid Returns	357	(2)
Big Boy Rules	359	(4)
Mission Shift	363	(2)
Jericho	365	(4)
Roundup	369	(2)
Vetting	371	(2)
The Mennonites	373	(8)
Brunot	381	(6)
Frags in the Colonial Wall	387	(4)
Motorcycle Madness	391	(4)
Trails	395	(4)
Fatigue	399	(6)
The Visitors	405	(4)
Eaulin	409	(4)
The Nature of an Insurrection	413	(20)
The International Police Monitor	433	(10)
Women	443	(4)
Greensleeves	447	(2)
Endgame	449	(4)
Fifteen Dash Six	453	(6)
Goodbye Fort Liberte	459	(4)
Investigation	463	(6)
Escape	469	(2)
Negotiations	471	(2)
No Apologies	473	(4)
No Conspiracies	477	(2)
Epilogue	479	(5)
Index	484