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The Prophet and Power: Jean-Bertrand Aristide, the International Community, and Haiti
Author(s): Alex Dupuy (Author)
- Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
- Publication Date: 7 Dec. 2006
- Language: English
- Print length: 260 pages
- ISBN-10: 0742538311
- ISBN-13: 9780742538313
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A meticulously researched text. . . . The Prophet and Power is a key source for understanding the intricate set of factors that contributed to the dynamics of this turbulent period and an important contribution to Haitian and Caribbean studies.
An important, original, and comprehensive contribution to the literature on contemporary Haitian politics in particular, and on democratization and globalization in general. Dupuy elucidates with intelligence the Aristide phenomenon and does an excellent job in showing how both domestic and international forces intersected to generate the current crisis. — Robert Fatton, Jr., University of Virginia
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