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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: John Lindsay-PolandPublisher: Duke University Press Imprint: Duke University Press Weight: 0.567kg ISBN: 9781478001188ISBN 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 ![]() This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsList 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 281ReviewsMost 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 * Author InformationJohn 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. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |