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Author:

McCoy, Alfred W.

Title:

The politics of heroin : CIA complicity in the global drug trade / Alfred W. McCoy.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Lawrence Hill Books,

Copyright Date:

c1991

Description:

xx, 634 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Heroin industry.
Drug traffic--History--20th century.
Drug traffic--Southeast Asia--History--20th century.
United States.--Central Intelligence Agency.
Héroïne.
Drogues--Histoire--Histoire--20e siècle.
Drogues--Trafic--Asie du Sud-Est--20e siècle.
Drugshandel.
Drugsbeleid.
Heroïne.

Other Authors:

McCoy, Alfred W. Politics of heroin in Southeast Asia.

Notes:

Rev. and expanded ed. of: The politics of heroin in Southeast Asia. 1972. Includes bibliographical references (p. 591-614) and index.

Contents:

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 -- CIA complicity in the global drug trade.

ISBN:

1556521251 (pbk.)
9781556521256 (pbk.)
9781556521256 (pbk.) :
1556521251 (pbk.) :
9781556521263
155652126X

LCCN:

90047398

Locations:

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

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

DAPG173 -- Mason City Public Library (Mason City)