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Author:   John Lindsay-Poland
Publisher:   Duke University Press
Imprint:   Duke University Press
Weight:   0.567kg
ISBN:  

9781478001188

ISBN 10:   1478001186
Pages:   277
Publication Date:   09 November 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

List of Abbreviations  ix Acknowledgments  xiii Prologue  1 Introduction: Challenging American Exceptionalism  7 1. The Longest War: U.S. Military Influence in Colombia, 1952-1995  26 2. War on the Frontier  38 3. How Plan Colombia Was Sold  51 4. ""We Want a Witness"": Accompaniment in San José de Apartadó 64 5. Mapping Our War: Where Did U.S. Aid in Colombia Go?  83 6. Killing the Future  101 7. Projects of Life  123 8. Massacre Aftermath and Cover-Up  140 9. Widespread and Systematic: The Dynamics of ""Legalized"" Murder  151 10. The United States Effect: Impacts on ""False Positive"" Killings  164 11. Investigation of the Massacre  183 12. An Encounter with Power  198 13. Judicial Warfare  210 14. U.S. Policy Lessons  220 Conclusion: The Arc of Impunity  226 Notes 233 Bibliography  273 Index  281

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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 *

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John Lindsay-Poland is Healing Justice Associate at the American Friends Service Committee and author of Emperors in the Jungle: The Hidden History of the U.S. in Panama, also published by Duke University Press.

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