The battle for peace : the long road to ending a war with the world's oldest guerrilla army / Juan Manuel Santos ; translated by Joe Broderick ; foreword by John Kerry.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Santos, Juan Manuel, author.

Contributor:

Broderick, Joe, 1935- translator.

Kerry, John, 1943- writer of foreword.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Santos, Juan Manuel.

Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia--History.

Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia.

Insurgency--Colombia.

Insurgency.

Colombia--Politics and government--1974-.

Colombia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (472 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Kansas, Missouri : University Press of Kansas, [2021]

Summary:

"In 2016, President Juan Manuel Santos of Colombia was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize "for his resolute efforts to bring the country's more than 50-year-long civil war to an end, a war that has cost the lives of at least 220,000 Colombians and displaced close to six million people." In The Battle for Peace, Santos provides a complete account of the long and difficult road to end the conflict: the initial exploratory meetings between members of the Colombian government and the FARC (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia)); the secret negotiations; the General Agreement of 2012 that laid out a formal peace process; and the lengthy discussions that eventually led to the final agreement in 2016. In this way he demystifies the complicated peace process and provides the perspective of one of the key participants. In addition to describing the road to peace, Santos shares reflections-called "lessons"-on how to overcome obstacles in order to achieve goals that serve the common good"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Foreword

Prologue to the Spanish-Language Edition

Letter to the Reader

Introduction. Two Centuries between War and Peace

Part One. Conspiring for Peace (1991-1998)

1. A First Approach to Peace

2. Destination Colombia

3. The Story of My Conspiracy

Part Two. Creating Conditions for Peace (1998-2009)

4. The Start of the Caguán Process

5. Plan Colombia

6. The End of the Caguán Process

7. First a Hawk, Then a Dove

8. A Team for War and Peace

9. Checkmate for Terror

Lesson 1. To Achieve a Favorable Correlation of Strength

Part Three. The Secret Phase (2010-2012)

10. "Betrayal

11. Hugo Chávez: Agreeing to Disagree

12. Rafael Correa: From Hostility to Cooperation

Lesson 2. Make Allies out of Your Enemies

13. First Approach to the Farc

14. The Fall of Number Two

Photo Gallery

15. Admitting There Is an Armed Conflict

16. The Death of Alfonso Cano

Lesson 3. Sometimes You Have to Negotiate in the Middle of the Conflict

17. First Meeting in Havana

18. The Importance of the Agenda

Lesson 4. It's the Peace, Stupid!

Part Four. The Table in Havana (2012-2016)

19. Colombia Is Informed of the Process

20. The Human Factor

21. "Nothing Is Agreed until Everything Is Agreed

22. International Advisers

23. The Message of Francis

24. The Backing of the United States

25. The World Bets on Peace in Colombia

Lesson 5. The Importance of International Support

26. "We Mustn't Give Up Halfway

27. The Problem of Drugs

28. The Peace Elections

29. The Example of the Victims

30. The Rights of the Victims

31. A Model of Justice for the World

32. The Point of No Return

Lesson 6. The Victims and Their Rights Should Be at the Center of the Solution.

33. The End of Conflict

34. "The Horrible Night Is Over

Part Five. Building Peace (2016-2018)

35. The Plebiscite

36. From Hell to Heaven in Five Days

37. An Irrational Opposition

38. The Path to a New Colombia

Epilogue. It Was Worthwhile

Appendix. Peace in Colombia: From the Impossible to the Possible: Nobel Lecture, Oslo, December 10, 2016

Index

Back Cover.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-7006-3067-8

OCLC:

1263872299