James D. Henderson

Colombia's Narcotics Nightmare

How the Drug Trade Destroyed Peace

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Februar 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 460g
• ISBN-13: 9780786479177
• ISBN-10: 0786479175
• Artikelnr.: 41244112

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: The Left and Right of Violence and Illegal Drugs in Colombia Song of Love (Between My Country and Me) by Luz Marina Posada 1.
Colombia's Decade of Peace, 1965-1975 Dynamism of the 1965-1975 Period Colombia's Iron Triangle of Violence Rise of the Drug Culture in the United States Initial U.S. and Colombian Responses to Illegal Drugs, 1965-1975 2.
The Illegal Drug Hydra, 1970-1983 Colombia Gold Cocaine Comes to Colombia Drugs, Violence, Impunity The Cartels' Golden Moment, 1978-1983 3.
The Cartels' War Against the State, 1984-1994 The Extraditables The New Violence Democratic Responses to the Violence Moment of Hope 4.
The Guerrillas' War Against the State Introduction: Guerrillas and Drugs The Guerrillas During Colombia's Decade of Peace, 1965-1975 Guerrilla Advance During the Illegal Drug Boom, 1975-1993 The Guerrilla Offensive of 1994-2002 5.
The Paramilitary Offensive Introduction: Civil Defense and Impunity Paramilitary Growth During the 1970s and 1980s The Narco-Paramilitary The Paramilitary Offensive of 1994-2002 6.
Colombia Gets Tough, 2002-2013 The Uribe Phenomenon Plan Colombia Slogging Toward Peace Conclusion Victim of Globalization Illegal Drugs and Colombia's New Violence Post-Conflict Colombia Glossary Chapter Notes Bibliography Index