1 While not experiencing such an extreme turnover rate in its leaders currently, the Haitian government at present once again faces the possibility of being violently overthrown by an increasingly frustrated populace. Between 19, Haiti experienced its historically highest level of chronic political instability when as many as seven different presidents were either overthrown or assassinated while in office. Marines to restore order on 28 July 1915. This echoes the unrest present when the Haitian president, Jean Vilbrun Guillaume Sam, was assassinated, prompting the arrival of the U.S. Haiti in particular, though no stranger to political and economic instability, has during the last year experienced a heightened level of social unrest and resentment toward the government in Port-au-Prince. military interventions during the early twentieth century under similar circumstances. Since 2019, the Latin American and Caribbean region has experienced a sharp increase in the political and economic instability of several of its nations, some of which had previously been the focus of U.S. Political Instability in Haiti and Its Causes involvement in Haiti, occupation of Haiti, Marines in Haiti military history, Haitian insurgencies, counterinsurgency, tactical innovation, culture, Haiti, U.S. occupation of Haiti (1915–34) reveals the significance of history in either achieving or curtailing military goals. An exploration of the tactical innovations of the Marine Corps and of the influence of national history on the Haitian insurgencies during the U.S. Lessons Learned from Haiti, 1915–34 Christopher Davis, PhDĪbstract: As Haiti and other nations in the Caribbean and Latin America experience increasing instability, and the United States increases its naval presence in the region, history offers important lessons for future U.S.

Taking Haiti by Mary A. Renda