Hostage Nation: Colombia's Guerrilla Army and the Failed War

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Hostage Nation: Colombia's Guerrilla Army and the Failed War on Drugs

A blistering journalistic exposÃ©: an account of government negligence, corporate malfeasance, familial struggle, drugs, politics, murder, and a daring rescue operation in the Colombian jungle.

On July 2, 2008, when three American private contractors and Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt were rescued after being held for more than five years by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), the world was captivated by their personal narratives. But between the headlines a major story was lost: Who exactly are the FARC? How had a drug-funded revolutionary army managed to hold so many hostages for so long? Had our costly War on Drugs failed completely? Hostage Nation answers these questions by exploring the complex and corrupt political and socioeconomic situations that enabled the FARC to gain unprecedented strength, influence, and impunity. It takes us behind the news stories to profile a young revolutionary in the making, an elite Colombian banker-turned-guerrilla and the hard-driven American federal prosecutor determined to convict him on American soil, and a former FBI boss who worked tirelessly to end the hostage crisis while the U.S. government disregarded his most important toolâ€”negotiation.

With unprecedented access to the FARCâ€™s hidden camps, exceptional research, and lucid and keen insight, the authors have produced a revelatory work of current history.
Country USA
Manufacturer Knopf
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2010-08-10
UnitCount 1
Format Deckle Edge
EANs 9780307271150

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Knopf
Binding	Hardcover
ReleaseDate	2010-08-10
UnitCount	1
Format	Deckle Edge
EANs	9780307271150

Hostage Nation: Colombia's Guerrilla Army and the Failed War on Drugs

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