Fighting monsters in the abyss : the second administration of Colombian President Álvaro Uribe Vélez, 2006-2010 /

Fighting Monsters in the Abyss studies the complex constraints and trade-offs the second administration of Colombian President Uribe (2006-2010) encountered as it attempted to resolve that nation's violent Marxist insurrection and to have a more efficient judicial system.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kline, Harvey F. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, [2015]
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Summary:Fighting Monsters in the Abyss studies the complex constraints and trade-offs the second administration of Colombian President Uribe (2006-2010) encountered as it attempted to resolve that nation's violent Marxist insurrection and to have a more efficient judicial system.
Item Description:"Fourth in the series on the attempts of Colombian presidents to end the endemic violence in their country. State Building and Conflict Resolution in Colombia, 1986-1994 covered the presidencies of Virgilio Barco and Cesar Gaviria; Chronicle of a Failure Foretold : The Peace Process of Colombian President Andres Pastrana dealt with the Andres Pastrana government and the third was Showing Teeth to the Dragons : State-Building by Colombian President Alvaro Uribe Velez, 2002-2006"--Preface.
Physical Description:xiv, 252 pages : map ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780817318802
0817318801