Showing Teeth to the Dragons e-bog
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Explores the first administration of Colombian President lvaro Uribe Vlez, which marked a decisive break in a seemingly endless cycle of civil war in ColombiaKline argues that the first administration of Colombian President lvaro Uribe Vlez marks a decisive break in a seemingly endless cycle of civil war. Not only were the levels of homicide and kidnapping dramatically reduced, but the st...
E-bog
403,64 DKK
Forlag
University Alabama Press
Udgivet
22 november 2015
Længde
320 sider
Genrer
JFSL4
Sprog
English
Format
epub
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9780817384555
Explores the first administration of Colombian President lvaro Uribe Vlez, which marked a decisive break in a seemingly endless cycle of civil war in ColombiaKline argues that the first administration of Colombian President lvaro Uribe Vlez marks a decisive break in a seemingly endless cycle of civil war. Not only were the levels of homicide and kidnapping dramatically reduced, but the state took the offensive against the insurgents, strengthening the armed forces which in turn demonstrated clear support for the president's policy.The civil war in Colombia has waxed and waned for sixty years, with shifting goals, programs, and tactics among the contending parties. Bursts of appalling violence are punctuated by uneasy truces, cease-fires, and attempts at reconciliation. Varieties of Marxism, the economics of narco-trafficking, peasant land hunger, poverty, and oppression mix together in a toxic stew that has claimed the uncounted lives of peasants, conscript soldiers, and those who simply got in the way.Kline believes that the changes of the President, although dramatic, are not necessarily permanent. He discusses what challenges must be overcome for the permanent reduction of organized violence in this war-torn nation.