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The politics of heroin : CIA complicity in the global drug trade : Afghanistan, Southeast Asia, Central America, Colombia by Alfred W. McCoy is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
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The first book to prove CIA and U.S. government complicity in global drug trafficking, The Politics of Heroin includes meticulous documentation of dishonesty and dirty dealings at the highest levels from the Cold War until today. Maintaining a global perspective, this groundbreaking study details the mechanics of drug trafficking in Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and South and Central America. New chapters detail U.S. involvement in the narcotics trade in Afghanistan and Pakistan before and after the fall of the Taliban, and how U.S. drug policy in Central America and Colombia has increased the global supply of illicit drugs.
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Alfred W. McCoy
- Publisher
- Lawrence Hill Books : Distributed by Independent Publishers Group
- Published
- 2003
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781556524837
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Social Science, Political Science, Fiction
- Rating
- 4.36 / 5 (223 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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