{"product_id":"plan-colombia-9781478001539","title":"Plan Colombia","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003ePlan Colombia\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Most studies of human rights violations approach cases at the national level and offer little insight into how U.S. military aid is territorialized. . . . By tracking the career trajectories of Colombian officers, Lindsay-Poland directs our attention to a shared war, and to a common counterinsurgent expertise, developed between the United States and Colombia over the course of 50 years.\" -- Emma Shaw Crane * NACLA *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Abbreviations  ix\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments  xiii\u003cbr\u003e Prologue  1\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: Challenging American Exceptionalism  7\u003cbr\u003e 1. The Longest War: U.S. Military Influence in Colombia, 1952-1995  26\u003cbr\u003e 2. War on the Frontier  38\u003cbr\u003e 3. How Plan Colombia Was Sold  51\u003cbr\u003e 4. \"We Want a Witness\": Accompaniment in San José de Apartadó 64\u003cbr\u003e 5. Mapping Our War: Where Did U.S. Aid in Colombia Go?  83\u003cbr\u003e 6. Killing the Future  101\u003cbr\u003e 7. Projects of Life  123\u003cbr\u003e 8. Massacre Aftermath and Cover-Up  140\u003cbr\u003e 9. Widespread and Systematic: The Dynamics of \"Legalized\" Murder  151\u003cbr\u003e 10. The United States Effect: Impacts on \"False Positive\" Killings  164\u003cbr\u003e 11. Investigation of the Massacre  183\u003cbr\u003e 12. An Encounter with Power  198\u003cbr\u003e 13. Judicial Warfare  210\u003cbr\u003e 14. U.S. Policy Lessons  220\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: The Arc of Impunity  226\u003cbr\u003e Notes 233\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography  273\u003cbr\u003e Index  281","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408971342167,"sku":"9781478001539","price":25.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781478001539.jpg?v=1730504914","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/plan-colombia-9781478001539","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}