In 1915, Haiti went through one of its periodic eruptions of volcanic violence, when the tyrant Vilbrun Guillaume Sam was overthrown in a revolution, and Wilson intervened to make Haiti safe for democracy – and the New York banks. A 19-year occupation ensued, which even Farnham realized was a brutal and counterproductive injustice. To get some historical perspective, check out this fascinating piece from the November 9. 1924 issue of The Nation
"How Haiti was reduced to the state of a conquered province; how the process was prepared in Washington long before intervention began; how little excuse there was for American intervention, and how little America has accomplished there apart from killing Haitians – these things have become a matter of public record, as told by the men responsible for the intervention and as revealed in the United States Navy's secret dispatch-book, in the hearings before the Senate Commission on Haiti and Santo Domingo, Medill McCormick, chairman, these past weeks. The newspapers for some reason have been silent, but here are the facts as they have become part of the record."
Haiti: A Case History . The failure of the interventionist project.
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