Download or read book Silencing the Guns in Haiti written by Irwin P. Stotzky and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1999-06-15 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Silencing the Guns in Haiti traces Haiti's halting and uncertain quest for democracy from the perspective of someone who played a leading part in every stage of that process. "A provocative study of the prospects for the rule of law in Haiti."—Marilyn Bowden, Miami Today "[Stotzky] deepens insights into the contradictory obstacles to democratic governance in Haiti."—Library Journal "Controversial and stimulating."—Choice "Lucid and informative. . . . Stotzky gives readers a good foundation for understanding the pressures facing the impoverished but determined Caribbean island."—Islands