LEADER 04222nam 2200925Ia 450 001 9910963625903321 005 20251107091803.0 010 $a979-82-16-40622-8 010 $a1-282-92256-4 010 $a9786612922565 010 $a1-4422-0589-X 024 7 $a10.5040/9798216406228 035 $a(CKB)2670000000059548 035 $a(EBL)634192 035 $a(OCoLC)759839406 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000411720 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11274470 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000411720 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10366529 035 $a(PQKB)11429255 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001142330 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12383865 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001142330 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11098887 035 $a(PQKB)11720543 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL634192 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10434937 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL292256 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC634192 035 $a(OCoLC)944477551 035 $a(UkLoBP)BP9798216406228BC 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000059548 100 $a20100330d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAmerican war machine $edeep politics, the CIA global drug connection, and the road to Afghanistan /$fPeter Dale Scott 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aLanham, Md. $cRowman & Littlefield Publishers$d[2014] 210 2$aNew York :$cBloomsbury Publishing(US),$d2014. 215 $a1 online resource (409 p.) 225 1 $aWar and Peace Library 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a0-7425-5595-X 311 08$a0-7425-5594-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; 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 HOME 327 $aChapter 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 Author 330 $aThis provocative, thoroughly researched book explores the covert aspects of U.S. foreign policy. Prominent political analyst Peter Dale Scott marshals a convincing array of evidence to expose the extensive trail of sanctioned but illicit violence in politics and state affairs, especially when related to America's long-standing involvement with the global drug traffic. Beginning with Thailand in the 1950's, Americans have become inured to the CIA's alliances with drug traffickers (and their bankers) to install and sustain right-wing governments. The pattern has repeated itself 410 0$aWar and peace library. 606 $aAfghan War, 2001-2021$xCauses 606 $aDrug control$zUnited States 606 $aIntelligence service$zUnited States 615 0$aAfghan War, 2001-2021$xCauses. 615 0$aDrug control 615 0$aIntelligence service 676 $a958.104/7 700 $aScott$b Peter Dale$01100173 712 02$aBloomsbury (Firm), 801 0$bCOO 801 1$bCOO 801 2$bOCLCO 801 2$bOCLCQ 801 2$bCOO 801 2$bVT2 801 2$bOCLCQ 801 2$bWYU 801 2$bUKAHL 801 2$bOCLCQ 801 2$bOCLCL 801 2$bOCLCQ 801 2$bOCLCL 801 2$bBLOOM 801 2$bUtOrBLW 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910963625903321 996 $aAmerican war machine$94470920 997 $aUNINA