The FARC's best friend: U.S. antidrug policies and the deepening of Colombia's civil war in the 1990s

Latin American Politics and Society

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 95-116

  Peceny, Mark ^a   Durnan, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIVIL WAR; DRUGS TRADE; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; SOCIAL POLICY; SOCIAL PROBLEM;

COLOMBIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33745444285     PISSN: 1531426X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/lap.2006.0024     Document Type: Article

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