Colombia's Narcotics Nightmare

How the Drug Trade Destroyed Peace

Häftad, Engelska, 2015

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Beskrivning

This history of Colombia's illegal drug trade--and of the extreme violence it created--describes how in the late 1960s narcotics traffickers from the United States convinced Colombians who had no previous involvement in the drug trade to grow marijuana for export to America. By the early '70s, foreign (mostly American) traffickers began requesting cocaine.This book focuses on the decades of crime and violence the illegal drug trade brought to Colombia and how this social upset was ended in the early 2000s. Six chapters detail the Medellin and Cali cartels' war against the Colombian government, the revolutionary guerrillas' war against the government, the war that paramilitary groups conducted against the guerrillas, and the way in which the government finally put a stop to the cartel-financed bloodshed.In conclusion, the author assesses Colombia's progress and prospects since the end of the violence claimed the lives of some 300,000 between 1975 and 2008.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2015-02-24
Mått:178 x 254 x 12 mm
Vikt:431 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:240
Förlag:McFarland & Co Inc
ISBN:9780786479177

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James D. Henderson specializes in modern Latin American and Colombian history. He taught at Coastal Carolina University until his retirement in 2014. He lives in Conway, South Carolina.

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“Henderson takes by the horns this ‘difficult subject of study’”—Hispanic American Historical Review; “valuable”—Revista Arcadia.com.

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Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The Left and Right of Violence and Illegal Drugs in ColombiaSong of Love (Between My Country and Me) by Luz Marina Posada1. Colombia’s Decade of Peace, 1965–1975Dynamism of the 1965–1975 PeriodColombia’s Iron Triangle of ViolenceRise of the Drug Culture in the United StatesInitial U.S. and Colombian Responses to Illegal Drugs, 1965–19752. The Illegal Drug Hydra, 1970–1983Colombia GoldCocaine Comes to ColombiaDrugs, Violence, ImpunityThe Cartels’ Golden Moment, 1978–19833. The Cartels’ War Against the State, 1984–1994The ExtraditablesThe New ViolenceDemocratic Responses to the ViolenceMoment of Hope4. The Guerrillas’ War Against the StateIntroduction: Guerrillas and DrugsThe Guerrillas During Colombia’s Decade of Peace, 1965–1975Guerrilla Advance During the Illegal Drug Boom, 1975–1993The Guerrilla Offensive of 1994–20025. The Paramilitary OffensiveIntroduction: Civil Defense and ImpunityParamilitary Growth During the 1970s and 1980sThe Narco-ParamilitaryThe Paramilitary Offensive of 1994–20026. Colombia Gets Tough, 2002–2013The Uribe PhenomenonPlan ColombiaSlogging Toward PeaceConclusionVictim of GlobalizationIllegal Drugs and Colombia’s New ViolencePost-Conflict ColombiaGlossaryChapter NotesBibliographyIndex