{"product_id":"colombia-and-the-united-states-coleman-9780873389266","title":"Colombia and the United States: The Making of an Inter-American Alliance, 1939-1960","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book will also be available in the following formats: e-book, audio book, and large-print paperback. Visit www.caravanbooks.org for details.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA valuable addition to the New Studies in U.S. Foreign Relations Series\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWorld War II and the Cold War transformed U.S.-Colombian security relations. The republics first partnered to defend the Western Hemisphere during World War II, a wartime affiliation that promoted hemispheric solidarity, inter-American military readiness, and regional stability. After the war, Colombian and U.S. combat units fought together in Korea. A Colombian infantry battalion and frigate joined the U.S.-led United Nations Command in 1951; Colombian soldiers later served with the United Nations Emergency Force during the Suez Conflict (1956-1958). Soon thereafter, Colombian and American authorities began focusing on Colombian internal security problems, particularly issues associated with the domestic political, social, and religious convulsion known as \u003cem\u003ela Violencia\u003c\/em\u003e (1946-1958). In doing so, the two countries had formed the basis of the modern Colombian-American partnership.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlacing the bilateral relationship in a global context, this military and diplomatic history examines the importance of ideology, material interests, and power in U.S.-Latin American relations. Historian Bradley Coleman demonstrates how the making of the Colombian-American alliance exemplified hemispheric interconnectedness, a condition of ever-growing importance in the twenty-first century.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEmploying available Colombian and U.S. archival sources, this book fills a gap in the literature on U.S. relations with less developed countries and provides new research on the origins an development of the U.S-Colombian alliance that will serve as an invaluable resource for scholars of U.S. and Latin American diplomacy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Coleman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0873389263\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780873389266\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Kent State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/31\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.46lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.50w x 1.09d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2009","brand":"Coleman","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48087030169855,"sku":"9780873389266","price":45.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9cfe6f52-a4dc-43b9-9c6e-da16485d7559.jpg?v=1769097896","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/colombia-and-the-united-states-coleman-9780873389266","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}