Downing, David, 1946-

Colombia / David Downing. - South Yarra : Macmillian Library, 2010. - 32 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 29 cm. - Global hotspots. . - Global hotspots. .

Includes index.

Always in the news -- Colombia's beginnings -- Spanish rule -- 1900s : modernisation -- Civil war : la violencia -- Elections and the national front -- Guerrillas -- The drug trade -- Colombia and the USA -- The rise of the army -- A failing state -- Plan Colombia -- Colombia in the 2000s.

008-012.

ISBN: 9781420275285

LCCN: 2009039775

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Colombia.

LC Class. No.: F2258.5 / .D68 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 986.1