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

Hostage Nation: Colombia's Guerrilla Army and the Failed War on Drugs
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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
Binding	Hardcover
EAN	9780307271150
Edition	1
Format	Deckle Edge
ISBN	0307271153
Label	Knopf
Manufacturer	Knopf
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	336
PublicationDate	2010-08-10
Publisher	Knopf
ReleaseDate	2010-08-10
Studio	Knopf

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

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