Race, Reality, and Realpolitik

U.S.–Haiti Relations in the Lead Up to the 1915 Occupation

Häftad, Engelska, 2017

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The year 2015 marked the centennial of the 1915 United States occupation of Haiti and Haiti’s resistance to that signal event in its history. This study surveys the issues of economics, race, and realpolitik embedded in the political economy of U.S. interactions with Haiti that resulted in occupation. It then interrogates what constitutes the “state” as it pertains to foreign policy, along with an inspection of who benefits from empire. This approach eschews tired dichotomies of whether or not the United States as a whole materially benefited from empire to instead simply look at who individually gained and what were the capacities of these beneficiaries to craft policy. Next it delivers insights derived from a forensic analysis of Woodrow Wilson’s perception of race and his decision to intervene in Haiti. Attitudes enabling United States military leaders to implement a policy of occupation are provided through a study of Admiral William Caperton’s role in the intervention. The focus then telescopes out to inspect the role played by the press, especially as booster for commercial opportunities. In short, the project answers the questions of why, who, and how American empire was undertaken through the case study of Haiti and its occupation in 1915.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2017-07-26
Mått149 x 230 x 13 mm
Vikt249 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor158
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781498509169

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Chapter 1 Perceptions of Haiti: Antebellum America Before United States EmpireChapter 2 Marketing Uplift and Empire: Popular Magazines during the Modern Colonial EraChapter 3 Hemispheric Imperative to Invest: Haiti and the Bulletin of the Pan American UnionChapter 4 “Shame and Evil” in Haiti: Power Elite Perspectives on Haiti and EmpireChapter 5 Woodrow Wilson and Haiti: Liberty, Order, Race, and American Empire

Jeffrey Sommers delivers a powerful and highly instructive work. The successful slave revolt in Haiti, culminating in 1804, was an event of historic significance, establishing the first free society in the western hemisphere. Haitians have been bitterly punished by the great powers ever since for that achievement. Woodrow Wilson’s invasion a century ago was another severe blow, from which Haiti has yet to recover. This compelling study, drawing together many diverse factors and using a rich variety of primary sources, not only provides new and valuable insights into the events and their background, but also into the making of imperial policy and its beneficiaries.