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The politics of heroin : CIA complicity in the global drug trade : Afghanistan, Southeast Asia, Central America, Colombia / Alfred W. McCoy.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Chicago : Lawrence Hill Books : Distributed by Independent Publishers Group, c2003.Edition: Rev. edDescription: xxvi, 710 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 1556524838
  • 9781556524837
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 363.450959 MCC
Contents:
Introduction: A history of heroin ... 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 -- The CIA's covert wars.
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Books Books Center for Khmer Studies RR SEAS Collection 363.450959 MCC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available CKS23090174

"The second revised edition of The politics of heroin in Southeast Asia"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 649-680) and index.

Introduction: A history of heroin ... 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 -- The CIA's covert wars.

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