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UNINA9910813707403321 |
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Autore |
Felbab-Brown Vanda |
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Titolo |
Shooting up [[electronic resource] ] : counterinsurgency and the war on drugs / / Vanda Felbab-Brown |
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Washington, DC, : Brookings Institution Press, c2010 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-40374-5 |
9786612403743 |
0-8157-0450-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (292 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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363.4509172 |
363.4509172/4 |
363.45091724 |
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Soggetti |
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Drug traffic - Developing countries |
Drug control - Developing countries |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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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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Front Cover; Copyright Information; Table of Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Illicit Economies and Belligerents; The Political Capital Model of Illicit Economies; Peru: The Coca Path; Colombia: The Narco Wars; Afghanistan: Swimming in a Sea of Poppies; Conclusions and Policy Implications; Appendix A: Involvement of Belligerent Groups with Illicit Drugs; Appendix B: Methodology of the Study; Appendix C: Case Selection; Notes; Index; Back Cover |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Shooting Up analyzes how involvement in the production and trafficking of illicit commodities, especially drugs, affects the strength of belligerents and governments. Much of U.S. anti-narcotics policy abroad is based on the assumption of symbiotic relationships between drug producers, traffickers, insurgents, and terrorists; thus, policy is organized around the premise that the suppression of drug production will service both anti-drug and counterterrorist goals. The author challenges this "narcoguerrilla" premise of U.S. policy. She shows that, far from being complementary, anti-narcotics |
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