Between Legitimacy and ViolenceBetween Legitimacy and Violence is an authoritative, sweeping history of Colombias long twentieth century, from the tumultuous civil wars of the late nineteenth century to the drug wars of the late twentieth. Marco Palacios, a leading Latin American historian, skillfully blends political, economic, social, and cultural history. In an expansive chronological narrative full of vivid detail, he explains Colombias political history, discussing key