| Description |
xii, 396 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
War and peace library |
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War and peace library.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-373) and index. |
| Summary |
This book explores the covert aspects of U.S. foreign policy. Author Peter Dale Scott marshals compelling evidence to expose the extensive growth of sanctioned but illicit violence in politics and state affairs, especially when related to America's long-standing involvement with the global drug traffic.--[book jacket] |
| Contents |
pt. 1: Overview. Sanctioned violence, the dominance machine, and the overworld -- pt. 2: The CIA and drugs abroad. Mexico, drugs, the DFS, and the United States -- Operation paper: The United States and drugs in Thailand and Burma -- Rollback, PARU, and Laos: preparing for offensive war -- Laos: Financing a war by drugs -- The war on drugs in Asia: A phony war with real casualties -- pt. 3: Deep events and the drug connection at home. The CIA, the global drug connection, and terrorism -- Inside the war machine: the profiteers from enduring violence -- 9/11 and the American tradition of engineered deep events -- pt.4: America and Afghanistan today. Obama and Afghanistan: America's drug-corrupted war -- Conclusion: The war machine and the deep politics of drugs. |
| Subject |
Drug control -- United States.
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Drug control -- Political aspects -- United States.
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Intelligence service -- United States.
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United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
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Afghan War, 2001-2021 -- Causes.
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| ISBN |
9780742555945 cloth alkaline paper |
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0742555941 cloth alkaline paper |
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9781442205895 electronic |
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144220589X electronic |
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