Jake Johnston’s book Aid State (St. Martin’s Press, 2024) has been picked by NPR’s 1A as one of their “best books of the 21st century so far”!

1A joins Edwidge Danticat, Greg Grandin, Marlene L. Daut, Laurent Dubois, Robert Maguire, former US congressman Andy Levin, and others who have praised the book for, in Dubois’s words, presenting “a deeply layered and global story involving foreign governments and their multiple (and often competing and uncoordinated) agencies; corporations intertwined with humanitarian projects; mercenaries; and a variety of actors in Haiti, from government officials and local leaders to individuals trying to navigate these contexts, who offer stark and piercing insights into what has produced their realities.”

Learn more about the book here, watch videos of Johnston in discussion with other Haiti scholars, and listen to Johnston’s interviews about the book on shows such as CBS Sunday Morning, Democracy Now, Breaking Points, The John Fugelsang Podcast, and — of course — 1A.

You can purchase Aid State from the publisher here.