Table of Contents

Preface Prologue: The Martyrs 1. Fighting History 2. Desert Fox 3. The Master Plan 4. Guerrilla Politics 5. Black Vladimir 6. Too Much Tic 7. The Disposable Ones 8. A Moral Victory 9. The Return of Black Vladimir 10. The Perestroikas 11. The House of Castano 12. The Suiso 13. FARC-landia 14. Justice as a Memory 15. The Great Escape 16. Shades of Jaime 17. Leftovers

About the Author

For five years, Steven Dudley filed regular dispatches from Colombia for The Washington Post,National PublicRadio and The Economist. His longer articles have also appeared in The American Prospect,The ColumbiaJournalism Review, The Nation, In These Times and TheProgressive. He now lives in Miami.

Reviews

"A brave, meticulously researched story of missed opportunities, treachery and revenge, and the burden of history on a country that has rarely known peace." -- Scott Wilson, the Washington Post
"...an authoritative work of modern history which is also a nail-biting page turner ... Dudley writes with an appealing blend of passion and honesty, and his book is absolutely riveting." -- Jon Lee Anderson, the New Yorker
"Meticulously reported, Walking Ghosts...leaves the reader on the edge of his seat." -- Juan Forero, New York Times
"...essential reading for anyone who wants to fully understand the causes of Latin America's longest-running civil war. A brave and unflinching book." -- Joseph Contreras, Newsweek
"...an engrossing, sometimes hair-raising account of Colombia's bloody, overlapping conflicts." -- Roane Carey, The Nation