The Battle for Peace: The Long Road to Ending a War with the World's Oldest Guerrilla Army
This is the comprehensive account of the long and difficult road traveled to end the fifty-year armed conflict with the FARC, the oldest guerrilla army in the world; a long war that left more than eight million victims. The obstacles to peace were both large and dangerous. All previous attempts to negotiate with the FARC had failed, creating an environment where differences were irreconcilable and political will was scarce. The Battle for Peace is the story not only of the six years of negotiation and the peace process that transformed a country, its secret contacts, its international implications, and difficulties and achievements but also of the two previous decades in which Colombia oscillated between warlike confrontation and negotiated solution.

In The Battle for Peace Juan Manuel Santos shares the lessons he learned about war and peace and how to build a successful negotiation process in the context of a nation which had all but resigned itself to war and the complexities of twenty-first-century international law and diplomacy. While Santos is clear that there is no handbook for making peace, he offers conflict-tested guidance on the critical parameters, conditions, and principles as well as rich detail on the innovations that made it possible for his nation to find common ground and a just solution.
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The Battle for Peace: The Long Road to Ending a War with the World's Oldest Guerrilla Army
This is the comprehensive account of the long and difficult road traveled to end the fifty-year armed conflict with the FARC, the oldest guerrilla army in the world; a long war that left more than eight million victims. The obstacles to peace were both large and dangerous. All previous attempts to negotiate with the FARC had failed, creating an environment where differences were irreconcilable and political will was scarce. The Battle for Peace is the story not only of the six years of negotiation and the peace process that transformed a country, its secret contacts, its international implications, and difficulties and achievements but also of the two previous decades in which Colombia oscillated between warlike confrontation and negotiated solution.

In The Battle for Peace Juan Manuel Santos shares the lessons he learned about war and peace and how to build a successful negotiation process in the context of a nation which had all but resigned itself to war and the complexities of twenty-first-century international law and diplomacy. While Santos is clear that there is no handbook for making peace, he offers conflict-tested guidance on the critical parameters, conditions, and principles as well as rich detail on the innovations that made it possible for his nation to find common ground and a just solution.
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The Battle for Peace: The Long Road to Ending a War with the World's Oldest Guerrilla Army

The Battle for Peace: The Long Road to Ending a War with the World's Oldest Guerrilla Army

The Battle for Peace: The Long Road to Ending a War with the World's Oldest Guerrilla Army

The Battle for Peace: The Long Road to Ending a War with the World's Oldest Guerrilla Army

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This is the comprehensive account of the long and difficult road traveled to end the fifty-year armed conflict with the FARC, the oldest guerrilla army in the world; a long war that left more than eight million victims. The obstacles to peace were both large and dangerous. All previous attempts to negotiate with the FARC had failed, creating an environment where differences were irreconcilable and political will was scarce. The Battle for Peace is the story not only of the six years of negotiation and the peace process that transformed a country, its secret contacts, its international implications, and difficulties and achievements but also of the two previous decades in which Colombia oscillated between warlike confrontation and negotiated solution.

In The Battle for Peace Juan Manuel Santos shares the lessons he learned about war and peace and how to build a successful negotiation process in the context of a nation which had all but resigned itself to war and the complexities of twenty-first-century international law and diplomacy. While Santos is clear that there is no handbook for making peace, he offers conflict-tested guidance on the critical parameters, conditions, and principles as well as rich detail on the innovations that made it possible for his nation to find common ground and a just solution.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780700630660
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Publication date: 04/28/2021
Pages: 464
Sales rank: 1,075,314
Product dimensions: 6.30(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.40(d)

About the Author

Juan Manuel Santos was president of Colombia from 2010 to 2018 and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2016. Prior to becoming president Santos had a long career of public service in Colombia, including as minister of foreign trade, minister of finance and public credit, and minister of national defense. Santos prepared for these roles by attending the University of Kansas, through postgraduate studies at the London School of Economics and Harvard University, as a Fulbright Fellow at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, and in the Nieman Foundation for Journalism, Harvard University. While out of government he was a journalist as deputy editor at the newspaper El Tiempo. He currently is founder and chairman of the board, Compaz Center of Resources for Peace, which works for the empowerment of victims, the consolidation of peace, the reduction of poverty and inequality, and the defense of the environment in Colombia and the planet.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments xi

Foreword John Kerry, former US secretary of state xv

Prologue to the Spanish-Language Edition Felipe Gonzélez, former prime minister of Spain xix

Letter to the Reader xxv

Introduction: Two Centuries between War and Peace 1

Part 1 Conspiring for Peace (1991-1998)

1 A First Approach to Peace 23

2 Destination Colombia 28

3 The Story of My Conspiracy 34

Part 2 Creating Conditions for Peace (1998-2009)

4 The Start of the Caguén Process 43

5 Plan Colombia 52

6 The End of the Caguán Process 58

7 First a Hawk, Then a Dove 66

8 A Team for War and Peace 76

9 Checkmate for Terror 87

Lesson 1 To Achieve a Favorable Correlation of Strength 101

Part 3 The Secret Phase (2010-2012)

10 "Betrayal" 105

11 Hugo Chávez: Agreeing to Disagree 122

12 Rafael Correa: From Hostility to Cooperation 139

Lesson 2 Make Allies out of Your Enemies 151

13 First Approach to the Farc 153

14 The Fall of Number Two 161

15 Admitting There Is an Armed Conflict 171

16 The Death of Alfonso Cano 182

Lesson 3 Sometimes You Have to Negotiate in the Middle of the Conflict 195

17 First Meeting in Havana 197

18 The Importance of the Agenda 204

Lesson 4 It's the Peace, Stupid! 213

Part 4 The Table in Havana (2012-2016)

19 Colombia Is Informed of the Process 217

20 The Human Factor 225

21 "Nothing Is Agreed until Everything Is Agreed" 237

22 International Advisers 245

23 The Message of Francis 251

24 The Backing of the United States 259

25 The World Bets on Peace in Colombia 270

Lesson 5 The Importance of International Support 285

26 "We Mustn't Give Up Halfway" 288

27 The Problem of Drugs 297

28 The Peace Elections 303

29 The Example of the Victims 307

30 The Rights of the Victims 313

31 A Model of Justice for the World 321

32 The Point of No Return 328

Lesson 6 The Victims and Their Rights Should Be at the Center of the Solution 335

33 The End of the Conflict 337

34 "The Horrible Night Is Over" 344

Part 5 Building Peace (2016-2018)

35 The Plebiscite 353

36 From Hell to Heaven in Five Days 364

37 An Irrational Opposition 370

38 The Path to a New Colombia 378

Epilogue: It Was Worthwhile 385

Appendix. Peace in Colombia: From the Impossible to the Possible-Nobel Lecture, Oslo, December 10, 2016 391

Index 401

Photographs follow page 162.

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