03135nam 2200649 a 450 991046208000332120211005104848.01-58367-308-31-58367-307-5(CKB)2670000000161885(EBL)2081608(OCoLC)781542972(SSID)ssj0000611521(PQKBManifestationID)12228627(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000611521(PQKBWorkID)10646755(PQKB)10588042(MiAaPQ)EBC2081608(Au-PeEL)EBL2081608(CaPaEBR)ebr10539315(MiAaPQ)EBC3025640(Au-PeEL)EBL3025640(EXLCZ)99267000000016188520111024d2011 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrCocaine, death squads, and the war on terror[electronic resource] U.S. imperialism and class struggle in Colombia /Oliver Villar and Drew CottleNew York Monthly Review Press20111 online resource (273 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-58367-251-6 1-58367-252-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; FOREWORD; INTRODUCTION: A War of Many Wars; 1. From Coca to Cocaine; 2. From the Golden Triangle to the Crystal Triangle; 3. A Narco-State and a Narco-Economy; 4. The Narco-Cartel System (1980-1993); 5. The Post-Cartel System; 6. The United States and "Plan Colombia"; 7. Narco-State Terror; 8. The Consequences of Relocation and Regionalization; 9. The War on Drugs: Corporatization and Privatization; 10. Conclusion: U.S. Narco-Colonialism and Colombia; BIBLIOGRAPHY; NOTES; INDEX;Since the late 1990's, the United States has funneled billions of dollars in aid to Colombia, ostensibly to combat the illicit drug trade and State Department-designated terrorist groups. The result has been a spiral of violence that continues to take lives and destabilize Colombian society. This book asks an obvious question: are the official reasons given for the wars on drugs and terror in Colombia plausible, or are there other, deeper factors at work? Scholars Villar and Cottle suggest that the answers lie in a close examination of the cocaine trade, particularly its class dimensions.Drug controlUnited StatesCocaine industryColombiaSocial conflictColombiaUnited StatesForeign economic relationsColombiaColombiaForeign economic relationsUnited StatesElectronic books.Drug controlCocaine industrySocial conflict363.4509861Villar Oliver1031294Cottle Drew1031295MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910462080003321Cocaine, death squads, and the war on terror2448588UNINA