Bloque Calima de las AUC

Reúne los estudios que desde hace 20 años consagra con regularidad el autor a la evolución de la política colombiana. Se trata de escritos dirigidos al público francés publicados desde 1969 en la revista ProblËmes díAmérique Latine. No pretende ofrecer grandes esquemas explicativos sino describir las peripecias políticas, el ascenso y la caída de numerosos movimientos sociales, los problemas no resueltos y los múltiples conflictos.

"Careful and detailed portrayal of the professorial community and scholarly culture in the New Kingdom. Rightly insisting that intellectual development in Nueva Granada is not limited to the era of Charles III, despite an analytical focus on the Enlightenment, Silva traces growth of the university corporation over the entire colonial period in terms of numbers, identity, and influence"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

"Interesting collection of essays on the national security challenges faced by Colombia and Latin America in the 1990s. The authors agree given the conditions created by the end of the Cold War - the rise of globalization and interdependence and the consolidation of democracy in Latin America - the old notions of national security focused on anticommunism, US leadership, the central role of the military and the regional hypotheses of conflict should be replaced by a new doctrine aimed at strengthening democracy, promoting South American cooperation, restructuring military-civilian relations,...