{"product_id":"plan-colombia-john-lindsay-poland-9781478001539","title":"Plan Colombia: U.S. Ally Atrocities and Community Activism","description":"For more than fifty years, the United States supported the Colombian military in a war that cost over 200,000 lives. During a single period of heightened U.S. assistance known as Plan Colombia, the Colombian military killed more than 5,000 civilians. In \u003ci\u003ePlan Colombia\u003c\/i\u003e John Lindsay-Poland narrates a 2005 massacre in the San Jos  de Apartad  Peace Community and the subsequent investigation, official cover-up, and response from the international community. He examines how the multibillion-dollar U.S. military aid and official indifference contributed to the Colombian military's atrocities. Drawing on his human rights activism and interviews with military officers, community members, and human rights defenders, Lindsay-Poland describes grassroots initiatives in Colombia and the United States that resisted militarized policy and created alternatives to war. Although they had few resources, these initiatives offered models for constructing just and peaceful relationships between the United States and other nations. Yet, despite the civilian death toll and documented atrocities, Washington, DC, considered Plan Colombia's counterinsurgency campaign to be so successful that it became the dominant blueprint for U.S. military intervention around the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Lindsay-Poland\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1478001534\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781478001539\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Duke University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/09\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.60d","brand":"John Lindsay-Poland","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43935584616703,"sku":"9781478001539","price":28.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_d86ded8e-b695-4ef8-8d69-4d27c0674551.jpg?v=1681420656","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/plan-colombia-john-lindsay-poland-9781478001539","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}