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23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Captivating and revealing look at the US war on drugs.,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Underground Empire: Where Crime And Governments Embrace (Hardcover)
This book was recommended to me by a DEA agent. When I opened the cover, I stepped into another world, and when I emerged, I could no longer take seriously such presidential pronouncements to "Just Say No" or "read my lips." Later, I encountered a "friend" who had been in jail with one of the major individuals featured in the book. He told me that the convicted drug dealer had discussed the book and proclaimed that his part of the story had been reported accurately, except for the amount of money he'd been caught with. Evidently, DEA agents turned in $1M of drug money found in his trunk. He said there was at least $3M. Such corruption, I discovered upon reading the book, was more the rule rather than the exception. The book moved me to write my congressman, who admitted he had never even heard of the secret drug enforcement organization detailed in the book. And when Reagan and Ollie North were getting roasted about "guns for hostages," I laughed. If the American people knew about the drug deals our government oversaw (and I'm sure continues to oversee) to prop up "U.S. causes" in other countries, as well as our own, they also would have found the affair amusing. This book opened my eyes and blasted my naivete regarding our government's involvement in the dark underworld of illegal drugs. It will do the same for you. James Mills has written a remarkable book, and he had sense enough not to overwrite and allow this astounding story to speak for itself.
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Everyone should read this book.,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Underground Empire: Where Crime And Governments Embrace (Hardcover)
And I do mean everyone, absolutely everyone. Yes, it's huge, one of the thickest paperbacks I've ever seen. But every single page, indeed every paragraph, hums with Mills's hyperefficient prose, propelled by the astonishing story. Every single person in the United States should read this book. And then we should tell our political leaders we've read it, and that we know better to believe their posturing and BS any more. THEN we'd see some results. Does that sound like an impossible exaggeration? Well... go read this book, then come back and see if you still have any doubts. This is a must read to top other must reads -- far and away one of the most staggering books I've ever read. Bravo to all.
15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The most intellectual and realistic book on illegal drugs,
By A Good Customer (SF Bay Area, United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Underground Empire: Where Crime And Governments Embrace (Hardcover)
Wow, this book should be required reading for an educated adult, this could be used as a university text. This book is hard hitting, realistic and well written about the illegal trade and alliances between Narco-trafficers and governments, whether willing or not. This book exposes the facades and uncovers startling and incredible truths about the impact of illegal drugs on America that the mainstream media just glosses over. I wish this book was still in print. There needs to be more investigative reporting like this to resurrect journalism.
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