{"product_id":"damming-the-flood-peter-hallward-9781844674664","title":"Damming the Flood: Haiti and the Politics of Containment","description":"Long before a devastating earthquake hit in January 2010, Haiti was one of the most impoverished and oppressed countries in the world. However, in the late 1980s a remarkable popular mobilization known as Lavalas (\"the flood\") sought to liberate the island from decades of US-backed dictatorial rule. \u003ci\u003eDamming the Flood\u003c\/i\u003e analyzes how and why the Lavalas governments led by President Jean-Bertrand Aristide were overthrown, in 1991 and again in 2004, by the enemies of democracy in Haiti and abroad. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe elaborate campaign to suppress Lavalas was perhaps the most successful act of imperial sabotage since the end of the Cold War. It has left the people of Haiti at the mercy of some of the most rapacious political and economic forces on the planet. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUpdated with a substantial new afterword that addresses the international response to the earthquake, \u003ci\u003eDamming the Flood\u003c\/i\u003e is both an invaluable account of recent Haitian history and an illuminating analysis of twenty-first-century imperialism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Hallward\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1844674665\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781844674664\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Verso\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/27\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 512\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 1.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2011 pg. 50","brand":"Peter Hallward","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43988037763327,"sku":"9781844674664","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c110ba27-b0a5-4070-9ada-7ef320cb32b0.jpg?v=1683292267","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/damming-the-flood-peter-hallward-9781844674664","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}