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Cocaine Politics: Drugs, Armies, and the CIA in Central America, Updated Edition
Peter Dale Scott
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Description for Cocaine Politics: Drugs, Armies, and the CIA in Central America, Updated Edition
Paperback. Shows that under the cover of national security and covert operations, the US government has repeatedly collaborated with and protected major international drug traffickers. Num Pages: 279 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLC; JFFH1; JKVC; JKVF; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 416.
When the San Jose Mercury News ran a controversial series of stories in 1996 on the relationship between the CIA, the Contras, and crack, they reignited the issue of the intelligence agency's connections to drug trafficking, initially brought to light during the Vietnam War and then again by the Iran-Contra affair. Broad in scope and extensively documented, "Cocaine Politics" shows that under the cover of national security and covert operations, the U.S. government has repeatedly collaborated with and protected major international drug traffickers. A new preface discusses developments of the last six years, including the Mercury News stories and the ... Read more
When the San Jose Mercury News ran a controversial series of stories in 1996 on the relationship between the CIA, the Contras, and crack, they reignited the issue of the intelligence agency's connections to drug trafficking, initially brought to light during the Vietnam War and then again by the Iran-Contra affair. Broad in scope and extensively documented, "Cocaine Politics" shows that under the cover of national security and covert operations, the U.S. government has repeatedly collaborated with and protected major international drug traffickers. A new preface discusses developments of the last six years, including the Mercury News stories and the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
279
Condition
New
Number of Pages
279
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520214491
SKU
V9780520214491
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About Peter Dale Scott
Peter Dale Scott is Professor of English Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley, and the author of Deep Politics and the Death of JFK (California, 1993). Scott is also a poet: in 2002, his "Seculum" trilogy won a Lannan Literary Award. Jonathan Marshall is the Economics Editor of the San Francisco Chronicle and the author of To Have and ... Read more
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