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The Big Truck That Went by
How the World Came to Save Haiti and Left Behind a Disaster
Taschenbuch von Jonathan M Katz
Sprache: Englisch

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PEN Literary Award Finalist

On January 12, 2010, the deadliest earthquake in the history of the Western Hemisphere struck the nation least prepared to handle it. Jonathan M. Katz, the only full-time American news correspondent in Haiti, was inside his house when it buckled along with hundreds of thousands of others. In this visceral, authoritative first-hand account, Katz chronicles the terror of that day, the devastation visited on ordinary Haitians, and how the world reacted to a nation in need.

More than half of American adults gave money for Haiti, part of a monumental response totaling [...] billion in pledges. But three years later the relief effort has foundered. It's most basic promises-to build safer housing for the homeless, alleviate severe poverty, and strengthen Haiti to face future disasters-remain unfulfilled.

The Big Truck That Went By presents a sharp critique of international aid that defies today's conventional wisdom; that the way wealthy countries give aid makes poor countries seem irredeemably hopeless, while trapping millions in cycles of privation and catastrophe. Katz follows the money to uncover startling truths about how good intentions go wrong, and what can be done to make aid "smarter."
With coverage of Bill Clinton, who came to help lead the reconstruction; movie-star aid worker Sean Penn; Wyclef Jean; Haiti's leaders and people alike, Katz weaves a complex, darkly funny, and unexpected portrait of one of the world's most fascinating countries. The Big Truck That Went By is not only a definitive account of Haiti's earthquake, but of the world we live in today.

PEN Literary Award Finalist

On January 12, 2010, the deadliest earthquake in the history of the Western Hemisphere struck the nation least prepared to handle it. Jonathan M. Katz, the only full-time American news correspondent in Haiti, was inside his house when it buckled along with hundreds of thousands of others. In this visceral, authoritative first-hand account, Katz chronicles the terror of that day, the devastation visited on ordinary Haitians, and how the world reacted to a nation in need.

More than half of American adults gave money for Haiti, part of a monumental response totaling [...] billion in pledges. But three years later the relief effort has foundered. It's most basic promises-to build safer housing for the homeless, alleviate severe poverty, and strengthen Haiti to face future disasters-remain unfulfilled.

The Big Truck That Went By presents a sharp critique of international aid that defies today's conventional wisdom; that the way wealthy countries give aid makes poor countries seem irredeemably hopeless, while trapping millions in cycles of privation and catastrophe. Katz follows the money to uncover startling truths about how good intentions go wrong, and what can be done to make aid "smarter."
With coverage of Bill Clinton, who came to help lead the reconstruction; movie-star aid worker Sean Penn; Wyclef Jean; Haiti's leaders and people alike, Katz weaves a complex, darkly funny, and unexpected portrait of one of the world's most fascinating countries. The Big Truck That Went By is not only a definitive account of Haiti's earthquake, but of the world we live in today.

Über den Autor
Jonathan M. Katz received the James Foley/Medill Medal for Courage in Journalism for reporting from Haiti. His first book, The Big Truck That Went By, was shortlisted for the PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction and won the Overseas Press Club's Cornelius Ryan Award, the J. Anthony Lukas Work-in-Progress Award, and the WOLA/Duke Book Award for Human Rights in Latin America. His work appears in the New York Times, Foreign Policy, and elsewhere. Katz was a New America national fellow in the Future of War program and received a fellowship from the Logan Nonfiction Program. He lives with his wife and daughter in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Zusammenfassung
A shocking exposé of why reconstruction efforts in Haiti in the wake of the 2010 earthquake continue to fail
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction
Prologue
1. The End
2. Love Theme from Titanic
3. Blan and Neg
4. The Crossroads In Louisville
5. Spoiled Corn
6. Bon Dola
7. The Governor
8. 'When I Get Older'
9. Sugar Land
10. Miracle Falls
11. Face to Face
12. A Gut Feeling
13. Cardboard Palace
14. All Together Now
Epilogue
Afterword
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
Genre: Politikwissenschaften
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9781137278975
ISBN-10: 1137278978
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Katz, Jonathan M
Hersteller: St. Martin's Publishing Group
Maße: 234 x 154 x 27 mm
Von/Mit: Jonathan M Katz
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.04.2014
Gewicht: 0,353 kg
Artikel-ID: 121033371
Über den Autor
Jonathan M. Katz received the James Foley/Medill Medal for Courage in Journalism for reporting from Haiti. His first book, The Big Truck That Went By, was shortlisted for the PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction and won the Overseas Press Club's Cornelius Ryan Award, the J. Anthony Lukas Work-in-Progress Award, and the WOLA/Duke Book Award for Human Rights in Latin America. His work appears in the New York Times, Foreign Policy, and elsewhere. Katz was a New America national fellow in the Future of War program and received a fellowship from the Logan Nonfiction Program. He lives with his wife and daughter in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Zusammenfassung
A shocking exposé of why reconstruction efforts in Haiti in the wake of the 2010 earthquake continue to fail
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction
Prologue
1. The End
2. Love Theme from Titanic
3. Blan and Neg
4. The Crossroads In Louisville
5. Spoiled Corn
6. Bon Dola
7. The Governor
8. 'When I Get Older'
9. Sugar Land
10. Miracle Falls
11. Face to Face
12. A Gut Feeling
13. Cardboard Palace
14. All Together Now
Epilogue
Afterword
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
Genre: Politikwissenschaften
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9781137278975
ISBN-10: 1137278978
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Katz, Jonathan M
Hersteller: St. Martin's Publishing Group
Maße: 234 x 154 x 27 mm
Von/Mit: Jonathan M Katz
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.04.2014
Gewicht: 0,353 kg
Artikel-ID: 121033371
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