
The Big Truck That Went By
How the World Came to Save Haiti and Left Behind a Disaster
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Jonathan M. Katz
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Jonathan M. Katz
On January 12, 2010, the deadliest earthquake in the history of the Western Hemisphere struck the nation least prepared to handle one. 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 first-hand account, Katz takes readers inside the terror of that day, the devastation visited on ordinary Haitians, and through the monumental--yet misbegotten--rescue effort that followed.
More than half of American adults gave money for Haiti, part of a global response that reached $16.3 billion in pledges. But three years later the effort has foundered. Its most important promises--to rebuild safer cities, alleviate severe poverty, and strengthen Haiti to face future disasters--remain unfulfilled. How did so much generosity amount to so little? What went wrong?
The Big Truck That Went By presents a hard hitting investigation into international aid, finding that the way wealthy countries give today 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."
Reporting at the side of Bill Clinton, Wyclef Jean, Sean Penn, Haiti's leaders and people, Katz also creates 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.
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Excellent book
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We are making Puerto Rico into another Haiti if we don't step up our help after the devastation of the hurricanes which left the country (our American Citizens!) struggling for the most basic living items. Water, Food, Housing, Medical care. If we don't want a second Haiti on American soil, then we need to learn from Haiti and the mistakes made so they are never repeated. In addition, we need to gather other countries who are willing to start from scratch and build Haiti into a habitable country for once, and then take our greed home and let them manage their island.
This story angered and cheered inside me
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Honest account of the reality of post earthquake Haiti
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Read (or listen) before you go to Haiti
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Enjoyable objective analysis of the fail state
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Can’t help but feel betrayed
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Excellent Introduction to life in Haiti
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very insightful
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Very interesting and well researched book
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Explains a lot!
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