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- catalog abstract "In November 1985, Colombia's M-19 Revolutionary Movement invaded the nation's Supreme Court, holding hostage its 300 civilians, including most of the Supreme Court justices and members of the Council of State, in a golpe revolucionario publicitario - a spectacle that would seize international headlines. Their plan was to persuade the justices to put on trial the country's civilian government. Their hope was that in such a trial the government would be discredited, and that the balance of power would then shift in the M-19's favor. What resulted instead was the Colombian army's all-out counterattack, in which the dirty civil war, which until then had been fought in the far reaches of the countryside, was brought home to the nation's capital. Award-winning journalist and film-maker Ana Carrigan was sent to Bogota to cover the story for The New York Times Sunday Magazine. But what she uncovered went beyond a magazine story. Nor was it simply a question of an official cover-up. Her two-week assignment evolved into eight years of research and writing to find out what had caused the national tragedy of Colombia and who was to blame. As Conor Cruise O'Brien writes in his foreword, "Colombia is not a military dictatorship. Things there might be marginally better if it were...."".
- catalog contributor b5344773.
- catalog coverage "Bogotá (Colombia) History.".
- catalog coverage "Colombia Politics and government 1974-".
- catalog created "1993.".
- catalog date "1993".
- catalog date "1993.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1993.".
- catalog description "Award-winning journalist and film-maker Ana Carrigan was sent to Bogota to cover the story for The New York Times Sunday Magazine. But what she uncovered went beyond a magazine story. Nor was it simply a question of an official cover-up. Her two-week assignment evolved into eight years of research and writing to find out what had caused the national tragedy of Colombia and who was to blame. As Conor Cruise O'Brien writes in his foreword, "Colombia is not a military dictatorship. Things there might be marginally better if it were...."".
- catalog description "In November 1985, Colombia's M-19 Revolutionary Movement invaded the nation's Supreme Court, holding hostage its 300 civilians, including most of the Supreme Court justices and members of the Council of State, in a golpe revolucionario publicitario - a spectacle that would seize international headlines. Their plan was to persuade the justices to put on trial the country's civilian government. Their hope was that in such a trial the government would be discredited, and that the balance of power would then shift in the M-19's favor. What resulted instead was the Colombian army's all-out counterattack, in which the dirty civil war, which until then had been fought in the far reaches of the countryside, was brought home to the nation's capital.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-303).".
- catalog description "pt. I. Antecedents -- The court under siege -- The search for hostages -- The counterattack -- No one calls the chief justice -- The radio -- The other palace -- The palace on fire -- pt. II. Night -- The nightmares and the ghosts -- The messengers -- The personage -- Another page of glory -- "Operación Limpieza".".
- catalog extent "303 p., [16] p. of plates :".
- catalog identifier "0941423824 :".
- catalog issued "1993".
- catalog issued "1993.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Four Walls Eight Windows,".
- catalog spatial "Bogotá (Colombia) History.".
- catalog spatial "Colombia Politics and government 1974-".
- catalog spatial "Colombia".
- catalog subject "986.106/32 20".
- catalog subject "F2279 .C365 1993".
- catalog subject "Hostages Colombia History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "M-19 (Colombian guerrilla group)".
- catalog subject "Palacio de Justicia (Bogotá, Colombia) Siege, 1985.".
- catalog subject "Terrorism Colombia History 20th century.".
- catalog tableOfContents "pt. I. Antecedents -- The court under siege -- The search for hostages -- The counterattack -- No one calls the chief justice -- The radio -- The other palace -- The palace on fire -- pt. II. Night -- The nightmares and the ghosts -- The messengers -- The personage -- Another page of glory -- "Operación Limpieza".".
- catalog title "The Palace of Justice : a Colombian tragedy / Ana Carrigan.".
- catalog type "text".