Umfang:
1 Online-Ressource (xv, 293 Seiten)
ISBN:
9781478002611
Inhalt:
Introduction: challenging American exceptionalism -- The longest war: U.S. military influence in Colombia, 1952-1995 -- War on the frontier -- How Plan Colombia was sold -- "We want a witness" : accompaniment in San José de Apartadó -- Mapping our war: where did U.S. aid in Colombia go? -- Killing the future -- Projects of life -- Massacre aftermath and cover-up -- Widespread and systematic: the dynamics of "legalized" murder -- The United States effect: impacts on "false positive" killings -- Investigation of the massacre -- An encounter with power -- Judicial warfare -- U.S. policy lessons -- Conclusion: the arc of impunity
Inhalt:
In Plan Colombia John Lindsay-Poland examines a 2005 massacre in Colombia, its subsequent investigation, official cover-up, and the international community's response to outline how the U.S. military's support for the Colombian Army contributed to atrocities while shaping the United States's dominant model of military intervention.
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9781478001188
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9781478001539
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781478001188
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
Electronic books
DOI:
10.1215/9781478002611
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1215/9781478002611
