Haiti and the Uses of America: Post-U.S. Occupation Promises

relations."  . "Tracing Haitian post-occupation engagement with the United States, Verna rejects a narrow binary interpretation and convincingly demonstrates the importance of a thoroughly informed, nuanced lens in any analysis of Haiti–U.S

Their efforts, Verna shows, helped favorable ideas about the United States, once held by a small segment of Haitian society, circulate more widely. occupation of Haiti (1915-1934), Haitian politicians and professionals with a cosmopolitan outlook shaped a new era in Haiti-U.S.  . relations have not only been about Haitian resistance to U.S. Verna makes evident that there have been key moments of cooperation that contributed to nation-building in both countries. Contrary to popular notions, Haiti-U.S. domination. In Haiti and the Uses of America, Chantalle F. diplomacy. In this way, Haitians contributed to and capitalized upon the spread of internationalism in the Americas and the larger world.   In the years following the U.S