Plan Colombia

Lindsay-Poland John Lindsay-Poland

Description

For more than fifty years, the United States supported the Colombian military in a war that cost over 200,000 lives. During a single period of heightened U.S. assistance known as Plan Colombia, the Colombian military killed more than 5,000 civilians. In Plan Colombia John Lindsay-Poland narrates a 2005 massacre in the San Jose de Apartado Peace Community and the subsequent investigation, official cover-up, and response from the international community. He examines how the multibillion-dollar U.S. military aid and official indifference contributed to the Colombian military's atrocities. Drawing on his human rights activism and interviews with military officers, community members, and human rights defenders, Lindsay-Poland describes grassroots initiatives in Colombia and the United States that resisted militarized policy and created alternatives to war. Although they had few resources, these initiatives offered models for constructing just and peaceful relationships between the United States and other nations. Yet, despite the civilian death toll and documented atrocities, Washington, DC, considered Plan Colombia's counterinsurgency campaign to be so successful that it became the dominant blueprint for U.S. military intervention around the world.

Sujets

• Histoire
• USA
• América del Sur
• 21st century
• International relations
• South America
• History of the Americas
• Human rights
• États-Unis
• Colombia

Informations

• Publié par: Duke University Press
• Date de parution: 04 octobre 2018
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781478002611
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 4 Mo

Extrait

PLAN COLOMBIA

Amazonas

Vaupés

Guainía

Cesar

Magdalena Atlántico

Guajira

Sucre Córdoba Bolívar

APARTADÓ COUNTY

Antioquia Department

Valle del Cauca

Tolima

Cauca Huila

ECUADOR

Putumayo

Arauca

Barrancabermeja Santander

Bogotá

BRAZIL

Medellín

Boyacá Caldas Cundina- marca

Caquetá

Nariño

Antioquia

Quindío

Guaviare

Meta

Vichada

Pacic Ocean

Chocó

Risaralda

Norte de Sant- ander

PANAMA

Caribbean Sea

PERU

VENEZUELA

Casanare

Côôà. map by dougLas mackey.

U.S. A AôçÉŝ à P L A N Côû Açŝ C O L O M B I A

John Lindsay-Poland

duke unIversIty press durham and London 2018

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CONTENTS

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ŝ ô AÉàôŝ

AçôÉÉŝ

proLogue

Introduc tIon: CàÉ AÉçà EçÉôàŝ

. É ôÉŝ Wà: U.S. Mà ïlûÉçÉ  Côôà, –

. Wà ô É ôÉ

. Hô Pà Côôà Wàŝ Sô

. “WÉ Wà à WÉŝŝ”: AççôàÉ  Sà JôŝÈ É Aàà

. Mà Oû Wà: WÉÉ D U.S. A  Côôà Gô

. K É ûûÉ

. PôÉçŝ ô É

. MàŝŝàçÉ ATÉà à CôÉU

. WÉŝÉà à SŝÉàç: É Dàçŝ ô “ÉàÉ” MûÉ

. É UÉ SàÉŝ EFÉç: ïàçŝ ô “àŝÉ PôŝÉ” Kŝ

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. ïÉŝàô ô É MàŝŝàçÉ

. A EçôûÉ  PôÉ

. Jûçà WààÉ

. U.S. Pôç Éŝŝôŝ

concLusIon: É Aç ô ïû

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ABBREVIATIONS

accu

acIn

acooc

afL-cIo

anuc

asfaddes

atcc

auc

cceeu

cIa

AûôÉÉŝàŝ CàÉŝàŝ É Côà  Uàá PÉàŝà SÉDÉÉŝÉ ôçÉŝ ô Côà à Uàá

Aŝôçàç É Càôŝ ïíÉàŝ É NôÉ É Càûçà (NôÉ Càûçà ïÉôûŝ Côûçŝ Aŝŝôçàô

Açç CôÉçà É OÉôÉŝ  OÉôàŝ É CôçÉçà Côôà CôÉçÉ Açô ô CôŝçÉôûŝ OÉçôŝ

AÉçà ÉÉàô ô àô à CôÉŝŝ ô ïûŝà Oààôŝ

Aŝôçàç Nàçôà É Uŝûàôŝ CàÉŝôŝ Nàôà PÉàŝà Aŝŝôçàô

Aŝôçàç É ààÉŝ É DÉÉôŝ  DÉŝààÉçôŝ Aŝŝôçàô ô à MÉÉŝ ô DÉàÉ à DŝàÉàÉ  Côôà

Aŝôçàç É àààôÉŝ CàÉŝôŝ É CààÉ PÉàŝà WôÉŝ Aŝŝôçàô ô CààÉ RÉ AûôÉÉŝàŝ Uàŝ É Côôà SÉDÉÉŝÉ ôçÉŝ ô Côôà Côôàç Côôà–Eûôà–Eŝàôŝ Uôŝ CôôàEûôÉU.S. Hûà Rŝ OŝÉàô CÉà ïÉÉçÉ AÉç