Dominican Republic and Haiti: Country Studies

Dominican Republic and Haiti: Country Studies
America are notable for their detailed record of the development
of the Haitian National Police, based on periodic visits
for personal observation. In several studies, Donald E. Schulz
of the Army War College analyzes the country's internal security
problems in a broader framework. The 1998 United
Nations report on its civilian police mission appraises the success
of its efforts to improve the police and judicial systems
three years after the return of civilian rule. A vivid account by
Elizabeth Rubin in the New York Times Magazine relates the
experiences of a Haitian-born New York City policeman helping
to deal with the enormous problems of bringing order to a
society with no tradition of law and justice.
The political role of the army from the close of the Duvalier
era in 1986 until the restoration of democratic rule in 1994 is
recounted in Haitian Frustrations: Dilemmas for U.S. Policy, edited
by Georges A. Fauriol. The deplorable state of the Haitian judicial
system is addressed by William G. O'Neill in a contribution
to Haiti Renewed: Political and Economic Prospects.
A treatment of the structure, internal conflicts, and ultimate
breakdown of the armed forces can be found in the Fauriol
work. Two earlier publications, Armed Forces of Latin America by
Adrian J.
English and World Armies, edited byJohn Keegan, provide
historical background on the evolution of the FAd'H. (For
further information and complete citations, see Bibliography.)
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