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9781586482077

More Terrible Than Death Drugs, Violence, and America's War in Colombia

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  • ISBN13:

    9781586482077

  • ISBN10:

    1586482076

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2004-04-28
  • Publisher: PublicAffairs

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More Terrible Than Deathis a gripping work that maps the dramatic new relationship between the United States and Colombia in human terms, using portraits of the Colombians and Americans involved, the author's experiences in Colombia as a writer and human rights investigator and an insider's analysis of the political realities that shape the expanding war on drugs and the growing U.S. military presence there. Looking at the war from the ground up, interviewing and profiling human rights activists, guerrillas, and paramilitaries to explain how it has changed their lives, Robin Kirk gives depth and meaning to the headlines that leave unexplained the intimate dimension of the U.S./Colombian relationship.

Author Biography

Robin Kirk is a researcher on Colombia for Human Rights Watch and has written or contributed to more than twelve reports on Peru and Colombia. An award-winning journalist, Kirk is the author of The Monkey Paw: New Chronicles from Peru and a co-editor of The Peru Reader: History, Culture, Politics. She lives in Durham, North Carolina.

Table of Contents

Map
xi
Chronology xiii
Prologue xv
Josue
1(12)
Basilisco
13(22)
The Alchemist
35(36)
The Hippopotamus
71(28)
A Perfect Circle
99(42)
The Devil's Table
141(38)
Pataquiva's Lament
179(44)
The Magic Kingdom
223(36)
La Berraquera
259(30)
Epilogue 289(6)
Acknowledgments 295(2)
Selected Sources 297(4)
Index 301

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