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by Alfred W. McCoy


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The first book to prove CIA and U.S. government complicity in global drug trafficking, The Politics of Heroin includes meticulous documentation of dishonesty and dirty dealings at the highest levels from the Cold War until today. Maintaining a global perspective, this groundbreaking study details the mechanics of drug trafficking in Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and South and Central America. New chapters detail U.S. involvement in the narcotics trade in Afghanistan and Pakistan before and after the fall of the Taliban, and how U.S. drug policy in Central America and Colombia has increased the global supply of illicit drugs.

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AT THE END OF WORLD WAR II, THERE WAS A STRONG CHANCE that heroin addiction could be eliminated in the United States.

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  • Title The Politics of Heroin: CIA Complicity in the Global Drug Trade
  • Author Alfred W. McCoy
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Revised edition
  • Pages 734
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Chicago Review Press, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
  • Date 2003-05-01
  • Features Bibliography, Index, Maps
  • ISBN 9781556524837 / 1556524838
  • Weight 2.2 lbs (1.00 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.5 in (23.11 x 15.49 x 3.81 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Asian - General
    • Cultural Region: Asian - Chinese
    • Cultural Region: Mexican
  • Library of Congress subjects United States, Heroin industry
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2002153426
  • Dewey Decimal Code 363.450

About the author

Alfred W. McCoy is a professor of history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He holds a doctorate in southeast Asian history from Yale University and is the recipient of the 2001 Goodman Prize from the Association for Asian Studies. He lives in Madison, Wisconsin.
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