Plummer, Brenda Gayle — Haiti and the Great Powers, 1902-1915 (1988) Source Information

Plummer, Brenda Gayle — Haiti and the Great Powers, 1902-1915 (1988) Source Information Author: Brenda Gayle Plummer Full Title: Haiti and the Great Powers, 1902-1915 Publisher: Louisiana State University Press (Baton Rouge and London) Year: 1988 ISBN: 0-8071-1409-X Type: Secondary Source — diplomatic history, pre-occupation international relations, financial imperialism Location in Vault: research/secondary-sources/ PDF: ~/dev/rasin/data/sources/secondary_sources/annas_archive_new/plummer-haiti-great-powers-1902-1915.pdf Status Text extracted: Yes Review pass: Audited and integrated (2026-03-31) Chapter notes: plummer haiti great powers ch notes Overview Between 1902 and 1915 Haiti occupied the center of a triangular contest among the United States, France, and Germany for commercial and financial supremacy in the Caribbean. Plummer's core argument is that the 1915 occupation was not a sudden event driven by the chaos of Vilbrun Guillaume Sam's overthrow, but rather the culmination of a decade-long process of financial encirclement, diplomatic attrition, and deliberate destabilization. The book opens as the Firminist war of 1902 ends one era of Haitian politics and closes as Admiral Caperton's Marines land at Port-au-Prince on July 28, 1915.