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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462444803321

Autore

Marshall Jonathan <1955->

Titolo

The Lebanese connection [[electronic resource] ] : corruption, civil war, and the international drug traffic / / Jonathan V. Marshall

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stanford, California, : Stanford University Press, 2012

ISBN

0-8047-8256-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (274 p.)

Collana

Stanford studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic societies and cultures

Disciplina

363.45095692

Soggetti

Drug traffic - Lebanon - History

Drug traffic - Political aspects - Lebanon - History

Political corruption - Lebanon - History

Electronic books.

Lebanon History Civil War, 1975-1990

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; 1. Hashish, the Petroleum of Lebanon; 2. The French Connection; 3. The Intra Bank Connection; 4. The Path to Civil War; 5. The Civil War Drug Boom; 6. The Syrian Connection; 7. The Drug Melting Pot; 8. From Narco-State to Failed State; Acknowledgments; Appendix: Drug Production Statistics; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Long before Mexico, Colombia, and Afghanistan became notorious for their contributions to the global drug traffic, Lebanon was a special target of U.S. drug agents for harboring the world's greatest single transit port in the international traffic in narcotics. In the words of one American official, ""certain of the largest traffickers are so influential politically, and certain highly placed officials so deeply involved in the narcotic traffic, that one might well state that the Lebanese Government is in the narcotics business.""Using previously secret government records, The