Historia de la revolución de la República de Colombia en la América Meridional

"As the Samper government was rocked by allegations of drug-related corruption in the presidential campaign of 1994, Colombia's endemic crisis of governability, violence, and political participation took a dramatic turn for the worse. Moreover, Colombia/US bilateral relations degenerated into mutual accusations and recriminations. In this book, several of Colombia's leading political analysts assess this crisis and its implications for the maintainance of political stability and consolidation of democracy"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.

Las fronteras marítimas y la duplicación de nuestro territorio - La política exterior de Colombia después de la dependencia - La mosquitia Colombiana - Panamá - Costa Rica - Nicaragua - Jamaica - Honduras - República Dominicana - Haití - Venezuela - Ecuador.

Explica en la primera parte conceptos de ideologia, politica, democracia, guerra, guerra irregular, subversion y en la segunda parte la guerra irregular subversiva en la democracia colombiana, enmarcados en los movimientos de izquierda, las autodefensas y los narcotraficantes.

"Interesting collection of essays on the national security challenges faced by Colombia and Latin America in the 1990s. The authors agree given the conditions created by the end of the Cold War - the rise of globalization and interdependence and the consolidation of democracy in Latin America - the old notions of national security focused on anticommunism, US leadership, the central role of the military and the regional hypotheses of conflict should be replaced by a new doctrine aimed at strengthening democracy, promoting South American cooperation, restructuring military-civilian relations,...