The Lebanese connection [[electronic resource] ] : corruption, civil war, and the international drug traffic / / Jonathan V. Marshall

• Autore: Marshall Jonathan <1955->
• Pubblicazione: Stanford, California, : Stanford University Press, 2012
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (274 p.)
• Disciplina: 363.45095692
• Soggetto topico: Drug traffic - Lebanon - History; Drug traffic - Political aspects - Lebanon - History; Political corruption - Lebanon - History
• Soggetto geografico: Lebanon History Civil War, 1975-1990
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Introduction; 1. Hashish, the Petroleum of Lebanon; 2. The French Connection; 3. The Intra Bank Connection; 4. The Path to Civil War; 5. The Civil War Drug Boom; 6. The Syrian Connection; 7. The Drug Melting Pot; 8. From Narco-State to Failed State; Acknowledgments; Appendix: Drug Production Statistics; Notes; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Long before Mexico, Colombia, and Afghanistan became notorious for their contributions to the global drug traffic, Lebanon was a special target of U.S. drug agents for harboring the world's greatest single transit port in the international traffic in narcotics. In the words of one American official, ""certain of the largest traffickers are so influential politically, and certain highly placed officials so deeply involved in the narcotic traffic, that one might well state that the Lebanese Government is in the narcotics business.""Using previously secret government records, The
• Titolo autorizzato: The Lebanese connection
• ISBN: 0-8047-8256-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910813665903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Stanford studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic societies and cultures.