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Autore |
Marcy William L |
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Titolo |
The politics of cocaine [[electronic resource] ] : how U.S. policy has created a thriving drug industry in Central and South America / / William L. Marcy |
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Chicago, IL, : Chicago Review Press, 2010 |
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ISBN |
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1-56976-560-X |
1-56976-559-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (369 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Cocaine industry - Latin America |
Drug control - Latin America |
Drug control - United States |
Organized crime - Latin America |
Latin America Economic conditions 20th century |
United States Foreign relations Latin America |
Latin America Foreign relations United States |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Maps; Introduction U.S. Drug Policy in the Northern Andes and Latin America; 1 The Growth of the Narcotics Industry in the Northern Andes, 1971-1980; 2 The Economic Role of Narcotics in Latin America, 1980-1987; 3 U.S. Narcotics Control Policies in the Northern Andes, 1980-1987; 4 Reagan, the Drug War, and the Narco-Terrorist Nexus; 5 Northern Andean Guerrillas, Drug Trafficking, and Cold War Politics; 6 The Militarization of the Drug War: Bush, Panama, and the Andean Strategy; 7 The Failure of the Andean Strategy |
8 Clinton: From the Andean Strategy to Plan ColombiaConclusion U.S. Drug Policy Comes Full Circle; Notes; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Drawing on declassified documents and painstaking research, this exploration of the economic drug trade of Central and South America fills in historical gaps and provides a new and controversial analysis of a complex and seemingly unsolvable problem. Viewing the problem |
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