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Autore |
Villar Oliver |
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Cocaine, death squads, and the war on terror [[electronic resource] ] : U.S. imperialism and class struggle in Colombia / / Oliver Villar and Drew Cottle |
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New York, : Monthly Review Press, 2011 |
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ISBN |
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1-58367-308-3 |
1-58367-307-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (273 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Drug control - United States |
Cocaine industry - Colombia |
Social conflict - Colombia |
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United States Foreign economic relations Colombia |
Colombia Foreign economic relations United States |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; FOREWORD; INTRODUCTION: A War of Many Wars; 1. From Coca to Cocaine; 2. From the Golden Triangle to the Crystal Triangle; 3. A Narco-State and a Narco-Economy; 4. The Narco-Cartel System (1980-1993); 5. The Post-Cartel System; 6. The United States and "Plan Colombia"; 7. Narco-State Terror; 8. The Consequences of Relocation and Regionalization; 9. The War on Drugs: Corporatization and Privatization; 10. Conclusion: U.S. Narco-Colonialism and Colombia; BIBLIOGRAPHY; NOTES; INDEX; |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Since the late 1990's, the United States has funneled billions of dollars in aid to Colombia, ostensibly to combat the illicit drug trade and State Department-designated terrorist groups. The result has been a spiral of violence that continues to take lives and destabilize Colombian society. This book asks an obvious question: are the official reasons given for the wars on drugs and terror in Colombia plausible, or are there other, deeper factors at work? Scholars Villar and Cottle suggest that the answers lie in a close examination of the cocaine trade, |
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