Best Nightmare on Earth: A Life in HaitiPrentice Hall Press, 1991 - 303 pages Beautiful, bizarre, dangerous, exotic; a Garden of Eden fallen into disrepair. This is Herbert Gold's Haiti. In this impassioned memoir, he reflects on the country's history and folklore, its people and politics, capturing the essence of this land where tragedy is the music to which the people dance. |
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... Namphy , took to his bed with fatigue . ( Later he decided he really liked to run things , and began a clumsy , alcohol - fueled imitation of Du- valier statesmanship . ) Offers of foreign aid could not be accepted because there was no ...
... Namphy , took to his bed with fatigue . ( Later he decided he really liked to run things , and began a clumsy , alcohol - fueled imitation of Du- valier statesmanship . ) Offers of foreign aid could not be accepted because there was no ...
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... Namphy and Colonel Regala would be the puppetmasters . The United States , the World Bank , France , Canada , and the various international aid organizations might decide that this was the best temporary solution for Haiti - as they ...
... Namphy and Colonel Regala would be the puppetmasters . The United States , the World Bank , France , Canada , and the various international aid organizations might decide that this was the best temporary solution for Haiti - as they ...
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... Namphy came up with an insight : " L'Armée Nationale a pour devoir de servir et non de tuer . " ( " The National Army has the duty of serving , not killing . " ) An editorial in Haiti Liberée compared General Namphy to Charles de Gaulle ...
... Namphy came up with an insight : " L'Armée Nationale a pour devoir de servir et non de tuer . " ( " The National Army has the duty of serving , not killing . " ) An editorial in Haiti Liberée compared General Namphy to Charles de Gaulle ...
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Chapter Three LoupgarousWerewolvesHobgoblins | 37 |
Chapter Four The Renaissance of the Fifties | 51 |
Chapter Five Combat de Coqs | 69 |
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