Inside Colombia: Drugs, Democracy, and War

by Grace Livingstone

Book Overview

The South American nation of Colombia has seen more than forty years of unrest, conflict, and civil war. It is a country in which social violence and warfare are intricately intertwined. Colombia is also notorious for its drug trade, being one of the leading producers of cocaine in the world, and for its central role as a staging ground for the U.S. "war on drugs." Since 9/11 the Bush administration has sought to draw political links between the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813534437
• ISBN13: 9780813534435
• Release Date: June 2004
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 286 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.6" x 8.5"