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• catalog abstract "Dignity is Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide's compelling story of his three years of exile, from the coup that deposed him (September 30, 1991) to the U.N. Security Council vote in favor of military intervention (July 31, 1904). He offers an intensely personal journal of events, one that records his doubts as well as his determination in the face of criticism and uncertainty. Introductory materials familiarize the reader with events from the fall of Jean-Claude Duvalier (January 1986) through the first months of Aristide's presidency. The afterword provides information on the period since Aristide's return (October 15, 1994). In a moving narrative, Aristide describes the tension of the September 1991 military coup, when he ran the risk of execution at any moment. He supplies the gruesome details of murders and summary executions perpetrated by, or with the direct approval of, the military junta. Throughout, he interjects his philosophical reflections on inhumanity, on Haiti's social history, and on his vision of his own leadership. "Aristide has clearly identified with the principles and tactics of Jesus for a long time," writes translator Carrol F. Coates in his afterword. "The Haitian people have envisioned him in the role of savior or messiah, and have even portrayed him thus in many wall paintings." Aristide conveys his alternation between elation at the continued support and celebratory receptions offered him by France, Canada, and the Haitian communities of the United States, and the anguish provoked by the slow pace of international negotiations and, in particular, by the curious talks at Governor's Island. There, U.N. negotiators shuttled between the temporary residences of President Aristide and General Cedras in order to produce the agreement that contained inexplicable concessions to the junta but was nevertheless ignored by the junta for a full year after the date set for surrender of power. Dignity is a touching and readable account by Aristide, one that refutes much disinformation circulated about him during his exile. It also constitutes a major document for historians and students of the difficult institution of democracy in the Caribbean.".
• catalog alternative "Dignité. English".
• catalog contributor b9129998.
• catalog contributor b9129999.
• catalog contributor b9130000.
• catalog coverage "Haiti History Coup d'état, 1991.".
• catalog coverage "Haiti Politics and government 1986-".
• catalog coverage "Haiti Relations United States.".
• catalog coverage "United States Relations Haiti.".
• catalog created "1996.".
• catalog date "1996".
• catalog date "1996.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "1996.".
• catalog description "Aristide conveys his alternation between elation at the continued support and celebratory receptions offered him by France, Canada, and the Haitian communities of the United States, and the anguish provoked by the slow pace of international negotiations and, in particular, by the curious talks at Governor's Island. There, U.N. negotiators shuttled between the temporary residences of President Aristide and General Cedras in order to produce the agreement that contained inexplicable concessions to the junta but was nevertheless ignored by the junta for a full year after the date set for surrender of power. Dignity is a touching and readable account by Aristide, one that refutes much disinformation circulated about him during his exile. It also constitutes a major document for historians and students of the difficult institution of democracy in the Caribbean.".
• catalog description "Dignity is Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide's compelling story of his three years of exile, from the coup that deposed him (September 30, 1991) to the U.N. Security Council vote in favor of military intervention (July 31, 1904). He offers an intensely personal journal of events, one that records his doubts as well as his determination in the face of criticism and uncertainty. Introductory materials familiarize the reader with events from the fall of Jean-Claude Duvalier (January 1986) through the first months of Aristide's presidency. The afterword provides information on the period since Aristide's return (October 15, 1994).".
• catalog description "In a moving narrative, Aristide describes the tension of the September 1991 military coup, when he ran the risk of execution at any moment. He supplies the gruesome details of murders and summary executions perpetrated by, or with the direct approval of, the military junta. Throughout, he interjects his philosophical reflections on inhumanity, on Haiti's social history, and on his vision of his own leadership. "Aristide has clearly identified with the principles and tactics of Jesus for a long time," writes translator Carrol F. Coates in his afterword. "The Haitian people have envisioned him in the role of savior or messiah, and have even portrayed him thus in many wall paintings."".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references.".
• catalog description "Introduction / Christophe Wargny. To the Limit. Complicities. Already a Myth? -- Vicissitudes / Jean-Bertrand Aristide. Violence. Communion. Inhumanity. Cynicism. Resistance. Negotiation. Sharing. Hope. Oblivion. Listening. Justice. Appendixes. Notes -- Afterword / Carrol E. Coates.".
• catalog extent "x, 210 p. ;".
• catalog identifier "0813916747 (cloth : alk. paper)".
• catalog issued "1996".
• catalog issued "1996.".
• catalog language "eng fre".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Charlottesville : University Press of Virginia,".
• catalog spatial "Haiti History Coup d'état, 1991.".
• catalog spatial "Haiti Politics and government 1986-".
• catalog spatial "Haiti Relations United States.".
• catalog spatial "United States Relations Haiti.".
• catalog subject "972.9407/3 20".
• catalog subject "Aristide, Jean-Bertrand.".
• catalog subject "F1928.2 .A7413 1996".
• catalog subject "United Nations Haiti.".
• catalog tableOfContents "Introduction / Christophe Wargny. To the Limit. Complicities. Already a Myth? -- Vicissitudes / Jean-Bertrand Aristide. Violence. Communion. Inhumanity. Cynicism. Resistance. Negotiation. Sharing. Hope. Oblivion. Listening. Justice. Appendixes. Notes -- Afterword / Carrol E. Coates.".
• catalog title "Dignity / Jean-Bertrand Aristide ; introduction by Christophe Wargny ; translated and with an afterword by Carrol F. Coates.".
• catalog title "Dignité. English".
• catalog type "text".