The History of U.S. - Colombia Military Relations
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
12:00pm to 1:30pm
Intercultural Center, McGhee Library
This talk will be specially informative for those people interested in security issues, military aid, etc.
There is a long tradition of military collaboration between Colombia, a traditional ally of the United States in the Western Hemisphere and the U.S. Military.
Dr. Bradley Coleman is a historian currently working at the United States Southern Command whose major fields of study are United States, Military, International Relations, and Latin America . Dr. Coleman has published numerous books on the subject, below are some of his works:
Colombia and the United States: The Making of an Inter-American Alliance, 1939-1960
(Kent, Ohio: Kent State University Press, 2008).
“The Colombian Army in Korea, 1950-1954,” The Journal of Military History 69 (October 2005): 1137-1178.
“The Alliance Transformed: U.S.-Colombian Security Cooperation, 1950-1960,” in
Kendall D. Gott, ed., Security Assistance: U.S. and International Historical Perspectives (Ft. Leavenworth, KS: Combat Studies Institute Press, 2006): 365-389.
“Colombia, U.S. Relations with,” in Thomas Leonard, ed., The Encyclopedia of U.S.-Latin American Relations (Washington, D.C.: CQ Press, A Division of Congressional Quarterly, forthcoming).
“Korean War,” in Thomas Leonard, ed., The Encyclopedia of U.S.-Latin American
Relations (Washington, D.C.: CQ Press, A Division of Congressional Quarterly,
forthcoming).
“Marshall, George C.,” in Thomas Leonard, ed., The Encyclopedia of U.S.-Latin American Relations (Washington, D.C.: CQ Press, A Division of Congressional Quarterly, forthcoming).
Review of Latin America During World War II by Thomas Leonard and John Bratzel, eds. (Lantham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2006) in The Journal of Military History 71 (July 2007): 955-957.
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