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100 1  Johnston, Jake,|eauthor. 
245 10 Aid state :|belite panic, disaster capitalism, and the 
       battle to control Haiti /|cJake Johnston. 
246 30 Elite panic, disaster capitalism, and the battle to 
       control Haiti 
250    First edition. 
264  1 New York :|bSt. Martin's Press,|c2024. 
300    viii, 370 pages ;|c25 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 320-362) and 
       index. 
520    "Haiti's state is near-collapse: armed groups have overrun
       the country, many government officials have fled after the
       2021 assassination of President Moise and not a single 
       elected leader holds office, refugees desperately set out 
       on boats to reach the US and Latin America, and the 
       economy reels from the after-effects of disasters, both 
       man-made and natural, that destroyed much of Haiti's 
       infrastructure and institutions. How did a nation founded 
       on liberation-a people that successfully revolted against 
       their colonizers and enslavers-come to such a precipice? 
       In Aid State, Jake Johnston, a researcher and writer at 
       the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington,
       DC, reveals how long-standing US and European capitalist 
       goals ensnared and re-enslaved Haiti under the guise of 
       helping it. To the global West, Haiti has always been a 
       place where labor is cheap, politicians are compliant, and
       profits are to be made. Over the course of nearly 100 
       years, the US has sought to control Haiti and its people 
       with occupying police, military, and euphemistically-
       called peacekeeping forces, as well as hand-picked leaders
       meant to quell uprisings and protect corporate interests. 
       Earthquakes and hurricanes only further devastated a state
       already decimated by the aid industrial complex. Based on 
       years of on-the-ground reporting in Haiti and interviews 
       with politicians in the US and Haiti, independent aid 
       contractors, UN officials, and Haitians who struggle for 
       their lives, homes, and families, Aid State is a 
       conscience-searing book of witness"--|cProvided by 
       publisher. 
650  0 Economic assistance, American|zHaiti. 
651  0 United States|xForeign relations|zHaiti. 
651  0 Haiti|xForeign relations|zUnited States. 
651  0 Haiti|xEconomic conditions. 
651  0 Haiti|xPolitics and government|y1804-