The FARC Revolutionist
Edition: New
Publisher: Xlibris
Place of publication: Philadelphia, PA United States of America
Language: eng
Number of pages: 264
Copyright date: 2009
Subjects: The FARC Revolutionist
Genres: Fiction/War; Fiction/Historical
Other titles: Hitler's Prisoners
First sentence: Carlos Zipante grasped a corroded railing as he lurched up the swaying gangplank of the cargo vessel La Mona.
Description: The FARC (Revolutionary Forces of Colombia) is one of the oldest Marxist guerrilla forces in the Western Hemisphere. The United States, the European Union and Canada list FARC as a terrorist group guilty of kidnapping, drug trafficking, and committing acts of violence against civilians and global citizens. However, the FARC organization maintains that they are an army of the people, a belligerent force fighting the Colombian oligarchy to bring about social and economic changes and that its struggle requires conventional warfare tactics. This exhilarating story set in the early 1980s, depicts the human side of FARC fighters and their kidnap victims and revolves around three vivid characters: Carlos, a well-educated FARC guerrilla commander who comes to the United States on a covert assignment to purchase arms; Anne, a Washington lawyer with whom Carlos has a passionate love affair; and Alberto, the author’s uncle, a wealthy Colombian rancher who becomes a FARC kidnap victim. The story gives an explicit insight into the lives and minds of elusive insurgents, their interaction with ruthless drug traffickers, international weapon dealers, and global intelligence agencies.
Table of contents: title: Chapter 1 through Chapter 20