About the Book:Silencing the Guns in Haiti traces Haiti’s halting and uncertain quest for democracy from the perspective of someone who played a leading part in every stage of that process. “A provocative study of the prospects for the rule of law in Haiti.”–Marilyn Bowden, Miami Today “[Stotzky] deepens insights into the contradictory obstacles to democratic governance in Haiti.”–Library Journal “Controversial and stimulating.”–Choice “Lucid and informative. . . . Stotzky gives readers a good foundation for understanding the pressures facing the impoverished but determined Caribbean island.”–Islands