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The politics of cocaine [[electronic resource] ] : how U.S. policy has created a thriving drug industry in Central and South America / / William L. Marcy



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Autore: Marcy William L Visualizza persona
Titolo: The politics of cocaine [[electronic resource] ] : how U.S. policy has created a thriving drug industry in Central and South America / / William L. Marcy Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Chicago, IL, : Chicago Review Press, 2010
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (369 p.)
Disciplina: 363.45098
Soggetto topico: Cocaine industry - Latin America
Drug control - Latin America
Drug control - United States
Organized crime - Latin America
Soggetto geografico: Latin America Economic conditions 20th century
United States Foreign relations Latin America
Latin America Foreign relations United States
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Maps; Introduction U.S. Drug Policy in the Northern Andes and Latin America; 1 The Growth of the Narcotics Industry in the Northern Andes, 1971-1980; 2 The Economic Role of Narcotics in Latin America, 1980-1987; 3 U.S. Narcotics Control Policies in the Northern Andes, 1980-1987; 4 Reagan, the Drug War, and the Narco-Terrorist Nexus; 5 Northern Andean Guerrillas, Drug Trafficking, and Cold War Politics; 6 The Militarization of the Drug War: Bush, Panama, and the Andean Strategy; 7 The Failure of the Andean Strategy
8 Clinton: From the Andean Strategy to Plan ColombiaConclusion U.S. Drug Policy Comes Full Circle; Notes; Index
Sommario/riassunto: Drawing on declassified documents and painstaking research, this exploration of the economic drug trade of Central and South America fills in historical gaps and provides a new and controversial analysis of a complex and seemingly unsolvable problem. Viewing the problem through the lens of United States policy, the author puts forth the theory that, through the conflation of the Cold War and the war on drugs, the United States helped establish and strengthen the drug trade as the area's economic base. This authoritative and timely polemic traces the counternarc
Titolo autorizzato: The politics of cocaine  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-56976-560-X
1-56976-559-6
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910456896503321
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