Between Legitimacy and Violence is an authoritative, sweeping history of Colombia s long twentieth century, from the tumultuous civil wars of the late nineteenth century to the drug wars of the late twentieth. Marco Palacios, a leading Latin American historian, skillfully blends political, economic, social, and cultural history. In an expansive chronological narrative full of vivid detail, he explains Colombia s political history, discussing key leaders, laws, parties, and ideologies; corruption and inefficiency; and the paradoxical nature of government institutions, which, while...
Between Legitimacy and Violence is an authoritative, sweeping history of Colombia s long twentieth century, from the tumultuous civil wars of t...
