04222nam 2200925Ia 450 991096362590332120251107091803.0979-82-16-40622-81-282-92256-497866129225651-4422-0589-X10.5040/9798216406228(CKB)2670000000059548(EBL)634192(OCoLC)759839406(SSID)ssj0000411720(PQKBManifestationID)11274470(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000411720(PQKBWorkID)10366529(PQKB)11429255(SSID)ssj0001142330(PQKBManifestationID)12383865(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001142330(PQKBWorkID)11098887(PQKB)11720543(Au-PeEL)EBL634192(CaPaEBR)ebr10434937(CaONFJC)MIL292256(MiAaPQ)EBC634192(OCoLC)944477551(UkLoBP)BP9798216406228BC(EXLCZ)99267000000005954820100330d2010 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrAmerican war machine deep politics, the CIA global drug connection, and the road to Afghanistan /Peter Dale Scott1st ed.Lanham, Md. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers[2014]New York :Bloomsbury Publishing(US),2014.1 online resource (409 p.)War and Peace LibraryDescription based upon print version of record.0-7425-5595-X 0-7425-5594-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Deep History and the Global Drug Connection; Part I. OVERVIEW; Chapter 01. Sanctioned Violence, the Dominance Machine, and the Overworld; Part II. THE CIA AND DRUGS ABROAD; Chapter 02. Mexico, Drugs, the DFS, and the United States; Chapter 03. Operation Paper: The United States and Drugs in Thailand and Burma; Chapter 04. Rollback, PARU, and Laos: Preparing for Offensive War; Chapter 05. Laos: Financing a War by Drugs; Chapter 06. The War on Drugs in Asia: A Phony War with Real Casualties; Part III. DEEP EVENTS AND THE DRUG CONNECTION AT HOMEChapter 07. The CIA, the Global Drug Connection, and Terrorism Chapter 08. Inside the War Machine: The Profiteers from Enduring Violence; Chapter 09. 9/11 and the American Tradition of Engineered Deep Events; Part IV: AMERICA AND AFGHANISTAN TODAY; Chapter 10. Obama and Afghanistan: America's Drug-Corrupted War; Chapter 11. Conclusion: The War Machine and the Deep Politics of Drugs; Final Words; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index; About the AuthorThis provocative, thoroughly researched book explores the covert aspects of U.S. foreign policy. Prominent political analyst Peter Dale Scott marshals a convincing array of evidence to expose the extensive trail of sanctioned but illicit violence in politics and state affairs, especially when related to America's long-standing involvement with the global drug traffic. Beginning with Thailand in the 1950's, Americans have become inured to the CIA's alliances with drug traffickers (and their bankers) to install and sustain right-wing governments. The pattern has repeated itselfWar and peace library.Afghan War, 2001-2021CausesDrug controlUnited StatesIntelligence serviceUnited StatesAfghan War, 2001-2021Causes.Drug controlIntelligence service958.104/7Scott Peter Dale1100173Bloomsbury (Firm),COOCOOOCLCOOCLCQCOOVT2OCLCQWYUUKAHLOCLCQOCLCLOCLCQOCLCLBLOOMUtOrBLWBOOK9910963625903321American war machine4470920UNINA