Taking Haiti

By Mary A. Renda

Subjects: United states, military policy, American occupation, 1915-1934, Haiti, history, United states, foreign relations, haiti, Relations, Haiti, Military Science, First World War, 1914-1918, Armed Forces, American - General, United States, Inter-war period, 1918-1939, American history: from c 1900 -, History - General History, Literary Criticism & Collections / American, 1934-1986, International relations, History, Caribbean & West Indies - General, History: World, Military - United States

Description: "The U.S. invasion of Haiti in July 1915 marked the start of a military occupation that lasted for nineteen years - and fed an American fascination with Haiti that flourished even longer. Exploring the cultural dimensions of U.S. contact with Haiti during the occupation and its aftermath, Mary Renda shows that what Americans thought and wrote about Haiti during those years contributed in crucial and unexpected ways to an emerging culture of U.S. imperialism."--BOOK JACKET.