Synopsis
About Victoria Bruce
See more books from this AuthorA pointed case study in unintended consequences—in this case, of the war against drugs spilling out into civil war, and vice versa.
| Read Full Review of Hostage Nation: Colombia's Gu...In this thrilling account of the origins and workings of the FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia), Bruce (No Apparent Reason), Hayes, and Botero, all codirectors and coproducers of the documentary Held Hostage in Colombia, marshal years of research into the guerrilla group, the Colombian...
May 10 2010 | Read Full Review of Hostage Nation: Colombia's Gu...By Carlo Wolff / August 12, 2010 Hostage Nation: Colombia’s Guerrilla Army and the Failed War on Drugs By Victoria Bruce and Karin Hayes, with Jorge Enrique Botero Knopf 336 pp., $26.95 ...
Aug 12 2010 | Read Full Review of Hostage Nation: Colombia's Gu...It takes us behind the news stories to profile a young revolutionary in the making, an elite Colombian banker-turned-guerrilla and the hard-driven American federal prosecutor determined to convict him on American soil, and a former FBI boss who worked tirelessly to end the hostage crisis while th...
Aug 16 2010 | Read Full Review of Hostage Nation: Colombia's Gu...In recounting 2008's Operación Jaque (Operation Checkmate) hostage release--which, among other things, saw soldiers posing as FARC members--the authors rightly address the context of the failed war on drugs.
Aug 16 2010 | Read Full Review of Hostage Nation: Colombia's Gu...An aggregated and normalized score based on 13 user ratings from iDreamBooks & iTunes