Haiti - Charles F. Gritzner - Bog

Tropical islands evoke images of sun, surf, and sand, palms swaying gently in the breeze, and happy, carefree people. Though Haiti became independent in 1804, its history is one of tyrannical government, grinding poverty, social turbulence, and massive human-caused environmental destruction. This explains how this beleaguered land has fallen short of becoming an idyllic ""tropical paradise"".