Feldmann Repertoires of Terrorism

Organizational Identity and Violence in Colombia's Civil War
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-0-231-56000-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 344 Seiten

Reihe: Columbia Studies in Terrorism and Irregular Warfare

Andreas E. Feldmann examines the disparate behavior of actors including guerrilla groups, state security forces, and paramilitaries during Colombia’s long and bloody civil war. Analyzing the varieties of violence in this conflict, he develops a new theory of the dynamics of terrorism in civil wars.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Feldmann, Andreas E.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Bürgerkriege
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Gewalt Terrorismus, Religiöser Fundamentalismus
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
1. Theorizing Armed Parties’ Repertoires of Terrorism During Civil Wars
2. The Evolution of the Colombian Civil War: From Conventional to Criminal Warfare
3. The Mighty FARC and the Use of Terrorism
4. The ELN: From Foquismo Warfare to Terrorism
5. Paramilitary Terrorism: The Fusion of Counterinsurgency and Criminality
6. State Terror in the Colombian Civil War
7. Terrorism in Criminal Wars
Conclusion
Appendix 1: The Use of Terrorism by Armed Parties
Appendix 2: Interviewees
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Andreas E. Feldmann is an associate professor in the Departments of Political Science and Latin American and Latino Studies and the principal investigator of the Global Immigration Cluster Initiative at the University of Illinois Chicago. He is coauthor of Criminal Politics and Botched Development in Contemporary Latin America (2023).