The book provides an impressive collection of chapters from different approaches and disciplines, covering fairly adequately the various aspects of a very complex issue. [...] I would say that there is no text that provides as much information and analysis on the complexities of building peace in Colombia as the present: the opposition of the issues and the diversity of approaches and disciplines of the authors will be of interest for both political decision makers and public opinion in general. Moreover, one of the benefits of the text is overcoming our traditional, somewhat provincial, viewpoint in order to put in contact national experiences with national and international academic literature and the experiences of other countries” Fernan Gonzalez Building peace in Colombia, edited by Angelika Rettberg, is an excellent volume that simultaneously represents a significant sample of the current state of research on the Colombian conflict and agenda through the paradigm of ‘peace building’”.