The politics of heroin: CIA complicity in the global drug trade : Afghanistan, Southeast Asia, Central America, Colombia

by McCoy, Alfred W.

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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.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2003.
Edition:Rev. ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Distributed by Independent Publishers Group, Lawrence Hill Books
Place of Publication:Chicago
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2003.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (xxvi, 710 pages) : : illustrations, maps

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oclc:ocn651901416
LC Classification:HV5822.H4
Dewey Decimal:363.4/5/0959

Introduction: A history of heroin ... 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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Drogues -- Trafic -- 20e siècle Drogues -- Trafic -- 20e siècle. -- Asi… Drug traffic Drug traffic -- History -- 20th century Drug traffic -- History -- 20th century… Heroin industry Héroïne -- Industrie History Southeast Asia United States., Central Intelligence Ag…