The politics of heroin : CIA complicity in the global drug trade : Afghanistan, Southeast Asia, Central America, Colombia / Alfred W. McCoy.
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TextLanguage: Publication details: Chicago : Lawrence Hill Books, Distributed by Independent Publishers Group, c2003.Edition: Rev. edDescription: xxvi, 710 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 23 cmISBN: - 9781556524837
- HV 5822 .H4 .M33 2003
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Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University | HV 5822 .H4 .M33 2003 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 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).
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