Forgotten Peace

Reviews / Votes

"It's really a wonderful work, bringing readers back to those post-Cuban Revolution days, when Colombia teetered between promise and peril." * The Nation * "The pressing relevance of Karl's book for the present, his explanation of how peace is constructed and then forgotten, is overwhelming. Summing Up: Highly recommended." * CHOICE * "Engagingly written and peppered with anecdotes, Karl's book is both a part of and a rejoinder to the new generation of studies of Latin America and the Cold War....Karl's history celebrates a remarkable effort at peace-making in Colombia while also reminding us of its tremendous challenges." * International Affairs * "Robert A. Karl's monograph on the peacemaking project that helped end La Violencia stands as one of the best among them." * American Historical Review * "Robert A.Karl's remarkable monograph offers an insightful and compelling perspective on this contemporary comment as Colombians work to implement peace after decades of conflict." * ReVista: Harvard Review of Latin America * "...a beautiful and important book..." * El Espectador * "Karl's work is intellectual history at its best, a soft telling of the intricate moment-to-moment interplay between ideas and daily life, between daily life and ideas." * The Americas * "Robert Karl's new book is a significant achievement. This fine-grained political history demonstrates that Colombia's multiple chronologies of violence can only be understood by attending first to the regional." * Hispanic American Historical Review * "...a seamless tapestry of interwoven narratives...this is a powerful and beautiful book. A book to be read, and a peace to be rescued from oblivion." -- Francisco Gutierrez-Sanin, * Journal of Genocide Research *