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Cocaine Quagmire
Sewall H. Menzel
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Description for Cocaine Quagmire
Paperback. Written from the perspective of a former active participant in the U.S. anti-drug policy formulation and implementation efforts, Cocaine Quagmire is an in-depth analysis of why the U.S. drug war in Colombia is failing. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSC; JFFH1; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 12. Weight in Grams: 276.
Written from the perspective of a former active participant in the U.S. anti-drug policy formulation and implementation efforts, Cocaine Quagmire is an in-depth analysis of why the U.S. drug war in Colombia is failing. While frequent anti-drug battles are won, dynamic socioeconomic and political factors have created a quagmire of countervailing obstacles leading to strategic foreign policy defeat in the North Andes. The Clinton Administration focused on combating narcotrafficking and yet misunderstood how a strong international demand and immense profits provide the basic incentives that keep the Colombian cocaine traffickers in business. This book is important in that it ... Read more
Written from the perspective of a former active participant in the U.S. anti-drug policy formulation and implementation efforts, Cocaine Quagmire is an in-depth analysis of why the U.S. drug war in Colombia is failing. While frequent anti-drug battles are won, dynamic socioeconomic and political factors have created a quagmire of countervailing obstacles leading to strategic foreign policy defeat in the North Andes. The Clinton Administration focused on combating narcotrafficking and yet misunderstood how a strong international demand and immense profits provide the basic incentives that keep the Colombian cocaine traffickers in business. This book is important in that it ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780761816430
SKU
V9780761816430
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About Sewall H. Menzel
Sewall H. Menzel is Visiting Professor in the Department of Political Science at Florida International University in Miami.
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...the best work to date on this topic. The final chapter should be mandatory reading for all US national security community personnel.
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...the best work to date on this topic. The final chapter should be mandatory reading for all US national security community personnel.
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...the best work to date on this topic. The final chapter should be mandatory reading for all US national security community personnel.
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