Author:
Henderson, James D., 1942-
ImprintJefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2015]
Descriptionviii, 230 pages : illustrations, map ; 26 cm
Note:Introduction: The Left and Right of Violence and Illegal Drugs in Colombia -- Song of Love (Between My Country and Me) by Luz Marina Posada -- 1. Colombia's Decade of Peace, 1965-1975 -- Dynamism of the 1965-1975 Period -- Colombia's Iron Triangle of Violence -- Rise of the Drug Culture in the United States -- Initial U.S. and Colombian Responses to Illegal Drugs, 1965-1975 -- 2. The Illegal Drug Hydra, 1970-1983 -- Colombia Gold -- Cocaine Comes to Colombia -- Drugs, Violence, Impunity -- The Cartels' Golden Moment, 1978-1983 -- 3. The Cartels' War Against the State, 1984-1994 -- The Extraditables -- The New Violence -- Democratic Responses to the Violence -- Moment of Hope -- 4. The Guerrillas' War Against the State -- Introduction: Guerrillas and Drugs -- The Guerrillas During Colombia's Decade of Peace, 1965-1975 -- Guerrilla Advance During the Illegal Drug Boom, 1975-1993 -- The Guerrilla Offensive of 1994-2002 -- 5. The Paramilitary Offensive -- Introduction: Civil Defense and Impunity -- Paramilitary Growth During the 1970s and 1980s -- The Narco-Paramilitary -- The Paramilitary Offensive of 1994-2002 -- 6. Colombia Gets Tough, 2002-2013 -- The Uribe Phenomenon -- Plan Colombia -- Slogging Toward Peace -- Conclusion -- Victim of Globalization -- Illegal Drugs and Colombia's New Violence -- Post-Conflict Colombia.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 216 -222) and index.
Note:"This history of Colombia's illegal drug trade describes how in the late 1960s narcotics traffickers from the United States convinced Colombians who had no previous involvement in the drug trade to grow marijuana for export to America. By the early '70s, foreign (mostly American) traffickers began requesting cocaine"-- Provided by publisher.
