Nonstate actors in Colombia : threat and response / Max G. Manwaring.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Manwaring, Max G.

Contributor:

Army War College (U.S.). Strategic Studies Institute

Series:

Studies in asymmetry

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Colombia--Politics and government--20th century.

Colombia.

Political violence--Colombia.

Political violence.

Insurgency--Colombia.

Insurgency.

Paramilitary forces--Colombia.

Paramilitary forces.

Drug traffic--Political aspects--Colombia.

Drug traffic.

Drug traffic--Political aspects.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (v, 31 pages)

Place of Publication:

Carlisle, PA : Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, [2002]

Language Note:

English.

Summary:

"Colombia's deeply rooted and ambiguous warfare has reached crisis proportions in that Colombia's "Hobbesian Trinity" of illegal drug traffickers, insurgents, and paramilitary organizations are creating a situation in which life is indeed "nasty, brutish, and short." The first step in developing a macro-level vision, policy, and strategy to deal with the Colombian crisis in a global context is to be clear on what the Colombian crisis is, and what the fundamental threats implicit (and explicit) in it are. Political and military leaders can start thinking about the gravity of the terrorist strategy employed by Colombia's stateless adversaries from this point. It is also the point from which leaders can begin developing responses designed to secure Colombian, Hemispheric, and global stability. The author seeks to explain the Colombian crisis in terms of nonstate threats to the state and to the region--and appropriate strategic-level responses."--SSI site

Contents:

The context of the Colombian crisis

Colombia's three wars

The narco-insurgent-paramilitary nexus

Where the Hobbesian trinity leads

Where to from here?

Implications for the military : two keys to planning and implementing strategic clarity-and success.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed January 28, 2003).

"May 2002."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 26-31).

Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011.

Other Format:

Print version: Manwaring, Max G. Nonstate actors in Colombia.

ISBN:

1584870885

9781584870883

OCLC:

49940424

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