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Author:

McCoy, Alfred W.

Title:

The politics of heroin : CIA complicity in the global drug trade : Afghanistan, Southeast Asia, Central America, Colombia / Alfred W. McCoy.

Edition:

Rev. ed.

Publisher:

Lawrence Hill Books :

Copyright Date:

c2003

Description:

xxvi, 710 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Heroin industry.
Drug traffic--History--20th century.
Drug traffic--Southeast Asia--History--20th century.
United States.--Central Intelligence Agency.

Notes:

"The second revised edition of The politics of heroin in Southeast Asia"--T.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references (p. 649-680) and index.

Contents:

Introduction: A history of heroin ... Sicily : home of the Mafia -- Marseille : America's heroin laboratory -- Opium for the natives -- Cold War opium boom -- South Vietnam's heroin traffic -- Hong Kong : Asia's heroin laboratory -- The Golden Triangle -- War on drugs -- The CIA's covert wars.

ISBN:

9781556524837
1556524838

OCLC:

(OCoLC)50982369

LCCN:

2002153426

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)