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Author:

Marcy, William L.

Title:

The politics of cocaine : how U.S. policy has created a thriving drug industry in Central and South America / William L. Marcy ; foreword by Jorrit Kamminga.

Publisher:

Distributed by Independent Publishers Group,

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

ix, 356 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Cocaine industry--Latin America.
Latin America--Economic conditions--20th century.
United States--Foreign relations--Latin America.
Latin America--Foreign relations--United States.
Drug control--Latin America.
Drug control--United States.
Organized crime--Latin America.

Notes:

Distributor from jacket. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

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.

ISBN:

155652949X (hardcover)
9781556529498 (hardcover)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)368040100

LCCN:

2009033243

Locations:

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

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)