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Peter Hallward’s ‘Damming the Flood’

Damming the Flood Haiti, Aristide, and the Politics of Containment (Verso Books) has been widely praised as the first accurate and comprehensive analysis of recent Haitian history as well an insightful eye into the future of the battered Caribbean country. In his groundbreaking book, Hallward analyzes the role of foreign powers, including Canada, in the overthrow of Aristide and the other institutions of elected government in Haiti in February, 2004. As Hallward chronicles, the story of Haiti’s betrayal has much to teach Canadians about the acts done in our name when we weren’t looking.

This riveting and deeply-informed account should be carefully read by those who recognize that Haiti’s tragic history is a microcosm of imperial savagery and heroic resistance. -Noam Chomsky

Damming the Flood is an excellent book, the best study of its kind. It offers the first accurate analysis of recent Haitian history, and of its history in the making. -Paul Farmer, Director of Partners in Health

[Damming the Flood] presents another side of a story that has been reported, almost universally, with stunning tendentiousness… It ought to be required reading for every historian of the Americas and for every student of political science. -Tracy Kidder, author, Mountains Beyond Mountain

The Canada Haiti Action Network was pleased to host Peter Hallward speaking in Ottawa, Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver. Read a report on the tour here, and click on the links below to watch videos of Peter Hallward speaking in Toronto and Vancouver.

Toronto part 1
Toronto part 2
Vancouver part 1
Vancouver part 2
Vancouver part 3

Damming the Flood is published by Verso Books and distributed in North America by Penguin group. It is available for Can$24 at amazon.ca or it can be ordered for $20 plus $4 shipping from Haiti Solidarity BC at haitsolidaritybc@resist.ca (phone 778 858 5179).