{"product_id":"aid-state-by-jake-johnston-9781250405968","title":"Aid State","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHaiti is a nation near-collapse: criminal gangs have overrun the country, nearly all government officials have fled after the 2021 assassination of President Moise, refugees desperately set out on boats to reach the United States and Latin America, and the economy reels from the cascading after-effects of natural disasters that destroyed much of Haiti's infrastructure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHow did this happen? How did a nation founded on liberation—a people that revolted against their colonisers and enslavers—come to such ruin?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eAid State\u003c\/em\u003e, journalist and Haiti expert Jake Johnston reveals how longstanding United States and European capitalist goals ensnared and re-enslaved Haiti under the guise of helping it. To the global West, Haiti is and always has been \"open for business\": a place where labour is cheap, politicians are compliant, and profits are to be made.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOver the course of nearly 100 years, the United States has sought to control Haiti and its people with occupying police, military, and \"peacekeeping\" forces, as well as hand-picked leaders, meant to quell uprisings and protect corporate interests. Earthquakes and hurricanes only further devastated a nation left helpless by the aid industrial complex.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBased on years of on-the-ground reporting in Haiti, Jake Johnston's \u003cem\u003eAid State\u003c\/em\u003e is a compelling, conscience-searing book of witness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Publishers New Zealand Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47269554749676,"sku":"9781250405968","price":45.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/4974613482633.jpg?v=1769979615","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/aid-state-by-jake-johnston-9781250405968","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}