Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion

New York: Seven Stories Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1998. First Printing. Hardcover. 1888363681 . Signed and inscribed by Gary Webb upon half-title page. "Shows how the L.A. crack market flourished through a breathtaking combination of government negligence, greed, and criminal conduct... Demonstrates that U.S. government agencies, including the CIA, DEA and FBI, were aware of the activities of this well-connected drug network and did little or nothing to stop it. Indeed, in several instances documented here, the Justice Department, the CIA, and the secret National Security Council unit run by Oliver North, took extraordinary steps to protect the ring from public exposure. In the final chapters Webb reveals the conflict that led to his newspaper's stunning repudiation of its own series - and at what cost he stood by his story." - dust jacket. xxviii, 548 pages. Footnotes, glossary and index. Webb was found dead in his home in 2004 with two gunshot wounds to his head. Curiously, his death was ruled a suicide. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Dust jacket preserved in glossy new archival-grade mylar. A quality signed copy of this heroic work.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion Conspiracy California Los Angeles Habit Counterrevolutionaries Nicaragua United States Central Intelligence Agency Black African Americans Social Destruction Investigative Journalism; Signed by Author(s) .