The politics of cocaine : how U.S. foreign policy has created a thriving drug industry in Central and South America /
Marcy, William L.
The politics of cocaine : how U.S. foreign policy has created a thriving drug industry in Central and South America / William L. Marcy ; foreword by Jorrit Kamminga. - Chicago, Ill. : Lawrence Hill Books : [Distributed by Independent Publishers Group], c2010. - ix, 356 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Distributor from jacket.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : U.S. drug policy in the Northern Andes and Latin America -- The growth of the narcotics industry in the Northern Andes, 1971-1980 -- The economic role of narcotics in Latin America, 1980-1987 -- U.S. narcotics control policies in the Northern Andes, 1980-1987 -- Reagan, the drug war, and the narco-terrorist nexus -- Northern Andean guerrillas, drug trafficking, and Cold War politics -- The militarization of the drug war : Bush, Panama, and the Andean strategy -- The failure of the Andean strategy -- Clinton : from the Andean strategy to plan Colombia -- Conclusion : U.S. drug policy comes full circle.
9781556529498 (hardcover) 155652949X (hardcover)
2009033243
GBA9A2464 bnb
015397791 Uk
Cocaine industry--Latin America.
Drug control--Latin America.
Drug control--United States.
Organized crime--Latin America.
Industria de la coca--América Latina.
Narcotráfico--América Latina.
Narcotráfico--Estados Unidos.
Crimen organizado--América Latina.
20151100
Latin America--Economic conditions--20th century.
United States--Foreign relations--Latin America.
Latin America--Foreign relations--United States.
HV 5840 / M322p 2010
363.45098
The politics of cocaine : how U.S. foreign policy has created a thriving drug industry in Central and South America / William L. Marcy ; foreword by Jorrit Kamminga. - Chicago, Ill. : Lawrence Hill Books : [Distributed by Independent Publishers Group], c2010. - ix, 356 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Distributor from jacket.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : U.S. drug policy in the Northern Andes and Latin America -- The growth of the narcotics industry in the Northern Andes, 1971-1980 -- The economic role of narcotics in Latin America, 1980-1987 -- U.S. narcotics control policies in the Northern Andes, 1980-1987 -- Reagan, the drug war, and the narco-terrorist nexus -- Northern Andean guerrillas, drug trafficking, and Cold War politics -- The militarization of the drug war : Bush, Panama, and the Andean strategy -- The failure of the Andean strategy -- Clinton : from the Andean strategy to plan Colombia -- Conclusion : U.S. drug policy comes full circle.
9781556529498 (hardcover) 155652949X (hardcover)
2009033243
GBA9A2464 bnb
015397791 Uk
Cocaine industry--Latin America.
Drug control--Latin America.
Drug control--United States.
Organized crime--Latin America.
Industria de la coca--América Latina.
Narcotráfico--América Latina.
Narcotráfico--Estados Unidos.
Crimen organizado--América Latina.
20151100
Latin America--Economic conditions--20th century.
United States--Foreign relations--Latin America.
Latin America--Foreign relations--United States.
HV 5840 / M322p 2010
363.45098