<DIV>Widely celebrated upon its original publication in 1999, National Book Award?winning writer Bob Shacochis's <I>The Immaculate Invasion</I> is a gritty, poetic, and revelatory look at the American intervention in Haiti in 1994.<BR><BR>In 1994, the United States embarked on Operation Uphold Democracy, a response to the overthrow of the democratically elected Haitian government by a brutal military coup. Bob Shacochis traveled to Haiti for <I>Harper's</I> and was embedded?long before the idea became popular in Iraq?with a team of Special Forces commandos for eighteen months and came away with tremendous insight into Haiti, the character of American fighters, and what can happen when an intervention turns into a misadventure. With the eye for detail and narrative skills of a critically acclaimed, award-winning novelist, Shacochis captures the exploits and frustrations, the inner lives, and the heroic deeds of young Americans as they struggle to bring democracy to a country ravaged by tyranny. <I>The Immaculate Invasion</I> is required reading, essential for anyone who wants to understand what has happened in Haiti in the past and what will happen in the future.<BR></DIV>