![]() | Eyewitness to Chaos: Personal Accounts of the Intervention in Haiti, 1994 Subjects: Haiti -- History -- American intervention 1994–1995 -- Personal narratives; United States. Army -- Officers -- Interviews. Soldiers -- United States -- Interviews; United States. Army -- History -- 20th century; United Nations Mission in Haiti; United Na; In September 1994 a large U.S. invasion force converged on Haiti. Years of diplomatic efforts, secret government planning, and military rehearsals on the parts of the United States and the United Nations had failed to restore to office Haiti's democratically elected, junta-deposed president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, and now invasion was imminent. Poised for action and mere minutes from striking, President Bill Clinton stunned military commanders when he announced a drastic change of plan: a peaceful cooperation with an illegal government. Walter E. Kretchik is professor emeritus of history at Western Illinois University. He is the author of U.S. Army Doctrine: From the American Revolution to the War on Terror . |
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