"A marvelous book . riveting and deeply informed." -Noam Chomsky
Peter Hallward teaches at the Centre for Research in Modern European Philosophy at Kingston University, London. He is the author of several books including Absolutely Postcolonial, Badiou: A Subject to Truth, Out of This World: Deleuze and the Philosophy of Creation, and Damming the Flood.
This riveting and deeply informed account should be carefully read
by those who recognize that Haiti's tragic history is a microcosm
of imperial savagery and heroic resistance.
*Noam Chomsky*
A detailed account of the 'democratic containment' of Haiti's
radical politics in the past two decades ... an outstanding
book.
*New Statesman*
An excellent book ... the first accurate analysis of recent Haitian
history, and of its history in the making.
*Dr. Paul Farmer, Harvard University*
Damming the Flood is a brilliant, politically sophisticated and
morally infuriating work on a shameful piece of very recent history
that the US press has either distorted or ignored. It is the most
important and devastating book I've read on American betrayal of
democracy in one of the most tormented nations in the world.
*Jonathan Kozol, author of Death at an Early Age,
Rachel and her Children, and Savage
Inequalities*
The book is a masterpiece. As someone who lived through those
years, Damming the Flood is not only incredibly accurate and well
sourced but the analysis is also flawless.
*Ira Kurzban, immigration lawyer and former attorney for the
Haitian Government*
This is a book about the latest crime that the world's most
powerful nation committed against one of the world's poorest. I
like this book for its scholarship, its measured tone, and its good
writing. But I am grateful for it above all because at long last it
presents another side of a story that has been reported, almost
universally, with stunning tendentiousness and in apparent
ignorance of the lives and opinions of most Haitians. This book
goes a long way to setting the record straight ... It ought to be
required reading for every historian of the Americas and for every
student of political science.
*Tracy Kidder, author of Mountains Beyond Mountains*
Damming the Flood is the best source for anyone trying to
understand what has happened in Haiti, and it is unfortunately
equally valuable for explaining what is happening elsewhere in
Latin America. It is meticulously researched, with ample citations
to the mainstream press, human rights reports, and experts from
many countries and political perspectives.
*Brian Concannon, Jr., director of the Institute for Justice &
Democracy in Haiti*
Damming the Flooddemonstrates that, contrary to what so many
self-proclaimed experts have led us to believe with the steady diet
of half-truths and outright lies they have been feeding us, it is
indeed possible to 'get Haiti right.' All it takes is a healthy
dose of respect for a nation and a people so deserving of it, and
an uncompromising devotion to the truth.
*Patrick Elie, political activist and former Secretary of State for
National Defense, Haiti*
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