Big Truck That Went By How the World Came to Save Haiti and Left Behind a Disaster

Name: Big Truck That Went By How the World Came to Save Haiti and Left Behind a Disaster
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ISBN: 9781137278975

ISBN-10: 1137278978

ISBN-13: 9781137278975

Edition: 2014

Authors: Jonathan M. Katz

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Published to glowing reviews, and winner of the J. Anthony Lukas Work- in-Progress Award, The Big Truck That Went By is an important and timely look at the failure of international aid. Jonathan M. Katz was the only full- time American news correspondent in Haiti on January 12, 2010, when the deadliest earthquake in the history of the Western Hemisphere struck the small island nation. More than half of American adults gave money for Haiti, part of a global response totaling $16.3 billion in pledges. But three years later the effort has foundered. Its most important promisesto rebuild safer cities, alleviate severe poverty, and strengthen Haiti to face future disastersremain unfulfilled. How…

Book details

List price: $18.99
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Publication date: 4/1/2014
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.29" long x 0.93" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English