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Charles Bergquist, Ricardo Peñaranda and Gonzalo Sánchez have edited another book dealing with violence in Colombia. Their previous effort, Violence in Colombia: the Contemporary Crisis in Historical Perspective, was published in 1992 and offered a broad, sweeping, fourteen-chapter historical narrative of Colombia's violence. Their most recent work, published as Violence in Colombia 1990-2000: Waging War and Negotiating Peace (2001) focuses on Colombian violence in the final decade of the twentieth century.

[A] useful classroom supplement to any of the general surveys. Its excerpts from both primary and secondary sources reflect different disciplines and include texts by Latin American authors. LaRosa and Mora introduce and contextualize these excerpts to orient the reader. The book also includes an excellent bibliography for students looking to research and write about U.S.-Latin American relations. ]]>