The politics of heroin : CIA complicity in the global drug trade : Afghanistan, Southeast Asia, Central America, Colombia / Alfred W. McCoy.
McCoy, Alfred W.
Rev. ed.
Chicago : Lawrence Hill Books, Distributed by Independent Publishers Group, c2003.
xxvi, 710 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
9781556524837
Heroin industry.
Drug traffic – History – 20th century.
Drug traffic – Southeast Asia – History – 20th century.
Drug traffic – History – 20th century.
Drug traffic – Southeast Asia – History – 20th century.
HV 5822 .H4 .M33 2003
21355
Includes bibliography—(p. 649-680).
Contents: Introduction : A history of heroin (p. 1)—1. Sicily : home of the Mafia (p. 24)—2. Marseille : America’s heroin laboratory (p. 46)—3. Opium for the natives (p. 77)—4. Cold war opium boom (p. 127)—5. South Vietnam’s heroin traffic (p. 193)—6. Hong Kong : Asia’s heroin laboratory (p. 262)—7. The golden triangle (p. 283)—8. War on drugs (p. 387)—9. The CIA’s covert wars (p. 461)—Notes (p. 533)—Bibliography (p. 649)—Index (681).