The politics of heroin: CIA complicity in the global drug trade, Afghanistan, Southeast Asia, Central America, Colombia
The original 1972 edition of this book, which focused almost exclusively on Southeast Asia, has long been recognized as a classic of its kind by observers of U.S. foreign policy. In this new edition, McCoy (Southeast Asian history, U. of Wisconsin at Madison) has moved beyond his original intent of simply exposing the CIA's role in politically protecting drug lords in order to advance their covert operations objectives. He now attempts to explain the wider political and economic dynamics of the…
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- Full title :The politics of heroin : CIA complicity in the global drug trade, Afghanistan, Southeast Asia, Central America, Colombia / Alfred W. McCoy.
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The original 1972 edition of this book, which focused almost exclusively on Southeast Asia, has long been recognized as a classic of its kind by observers of U.S. foreign policy. In this new edition, McCoy (Southeast Asian history, U. of Wisconsin at Madison) has moved beyond his original intent of simply exposing the CIA's role in politically protecting drug lords in order to advance their covert operations objectives. He now attempts to explain the wider political and economic dynamics of the global trade in narcotics, paying as much attention to the failed policies of drug prohibition as to the continuing habit of the U.S. government to work with drug traffickers when it finds it convenient for its geostrategic or other political interests. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).
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- Publication Date:c2003.
- Edition:Rev. ed., 2nd rev. ed
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Lawrence Hill Books
- Place of Publication:Chicago, Ill
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:c2003.
The Physical Object
- Description:xxvi, 709 p., [16] p. of plates : : ill., maps ; : 23 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:1556524838, 9781556524837
- oclc:on1048063004
- LC Classification:HV5822.H4
- Dewey Decimal:363.4/5/0959
Table of Contents
Sicily : Home of the Mafia -- Marseille : America's heroin laboratory -- Opium for the natives -- Cold War opium boom -- South Vietnam's heroin traffic -- Hong Kong : Asia's heroin laboratory -- The Golden Triangle -- War on drugs -- The CIA's covert wars.
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