Drugs, Thugs, and Diplomats
Subtitle: U.S. Policymaking in Colombia
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: Jun 10, 2015
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780804792011
Description: "In 2000, the U.S. passed a major aid package that was going to help Colombia do it all: cut drug trafficking, defeat leftist guerrillas, support peace, and build democracy. More than 80% of the assistance, however, was military aid, at a time when the Colombian security forces were linked to abusive, drug-trafficking paramilitary forces. Drugs, Thugs, and Diplomats examines the U.S. policymaking process in the design, implementation, and consequences of Plan Colombia, as the aid package came to be known."--Publisher's description.
Notes: Source title: Drugs, Thugs, and Diplomats: U.S. Policymaking in Colombia (Anthropology of Policy)