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

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The first book to prove CIA and U.S. government complicity in global drug trafficking, The Politics of Heroin includes meticulous documentation of dishonesty and dirty dealings at the highest levels from the Cold War until today. Maintaining a global perspective, this groundbreaking study details the mechanics of drug trafficking in Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and South and Central America. New chapters detail U.S. involvement in the narcotics trade in Afghanistan and Pakistan before and aft…

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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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Edition Statements

Publication Date:© 2003
Edition:Revised edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):an imprint of Chicago Review Press, Lawrence Hill Books
Place of Publication:Chicago
Language:eng
Publication Date:© 2003

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"The second revised edition of The politics of heroin in Southeast Asia"--Title page verso.

The Physical Object

Description:xxvi, 710 pages : : illustrations, maps ; : 23 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:1556524838, 9781556524837
oclc:ocm50982369
LC Classification:HV5822.H4
Dewey Decimal:363.4/5/0959

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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…