TY - BOOK AU - Marcy,William L. TI - The politics of cocaine: how U.S. foreign policy has created a thriving drug industry in Central and South America SN - 9781556529498 (hardcover) AV - HV 5840 M322p 2010 U1 - 363.45098 PY - 2010/// CY - Chicago, Ill. PB - Lawrence Hill Books, [Distributed by Independent Publishers Group] KW - Cocaine industry KW - Latin America KW - Drug control KW - United States KW - Organized crime KW - Industria de la coca KW - América Latina KW - Narcotráfico KW - Estados Unidos KW - Crimen organizado KW - 20151100 KW - Economic conditions KW - 20th century KW - Foreign relations N1 - 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 ER -