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Drug Politics: Dirty Money and Democracies (Volume 1) (International and Security Affairs Series) Hardcover – October 15, 1999

by David C. Jordan (Author)
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Drug Politics is an enlightening new book by a man who knows this disturbing and dangerous subject. A former United States ambassador to Peru, David C. Jordan has testified before the U.S. Senate and House Foreign Relations committees and has consulted with various government security organizations. His account of government protection of the criminal elements intertwined with local and global politics challenges many of the assumptions of current drug policies. Using examples from South America, Mexico, Russia, and the United States, Jordan shows that the narcotics problem is not merely one of supply and demand.

Jordan argues that many national and international financial systems are dependent on cash from money laundering, and some governments are far more involved in protecting than in combating criminal cartels.
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  1. Print length
    304 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    University of Oklahoma Press
  4. Publication date
    October 15, 1999
  5. Dimensions
    6 x 1 x 9 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0806131748
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0806131740
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David C. Jordan served as United States Ambassador to Peru (1984-86). He is currently Professor of International Relations and Comparative Government, Woodrow Wilson Department of Government and Foreign Affairs, University of Virginia, and President of the New World Institute, Charlottesville, Virginia.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ University of Oklahoma Press (October 15, 1999)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 304 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0806131748
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0806131740
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.25 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 1 x 9 inches
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John C. Thompson
5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent explanation of the international white collar criminal drug network
Reviewed in the United States on December 27, 2012
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This is a book that tells a story that many people don't want to hear. Many years ago Dr. Jordan identified the role that the international banking community aided by a vast network of criminals, from the narco-terrorists to white collar criminals, plays in keeping the drug industry alive and well. Recent events have proven how correct he has always been. This book is for those who want to understand better the extent to which the illegal drug industry has contaminated legitimate business and the political community the world over. Dr. Jordan's great book shows us again the Pogo had it right. We are the enemy.
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Jeffrey Steinberg
5.0 out of 5 stars At last some clarity on drug policy
Reviewed in the United States on March 17, 2002
Professor Jordan's Drug Politics sheds critical light on one of the most persisting problems of the post-World War II period: How to properly tackle the problem of the illegal drug trade. What I found most valuable was Dr. Jordan's identification of the false underlying assumptions that have plagued America's anti-drug policy for decades, and have led many people, in frustration, to accept the even more deeply flawed arguments of those proposing the legalization of drugs. The vast majority of treatments of the drug plague fail to take into account the witting role of powerful "overworld" forces, including those in the banking and financial community, who engage in drug money laundering; politicians who become witting captives of the drug interests; and media and cultural industrialists who profiteer off of their own promotion of the drug culture. This book is a real thought provoker, and, what is best, the careful diagnosis of the false assumptions give one the idea that a viable approach to dealing with the deadly plague of illegal drugs may, at last, be possible. In addition to having the courage to names some of the names of the "overworld" figures promoting the drug epidemic for their own gains, the book provides invaluable historical background and insight. Yet, it is not an overly written academic treatment. It is one of those rare books that is too good to put down.
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Andrew Schulman
1.0 out of 5 stars An interesting crackpot conspiracy theory
Reviewed in the United States on February 14, 2002
This seems at first like a solid, academic, study. There's some interesting material on corruption in Mexico and Columbia, and on government use of drugs dating back to the Opium Wars. But by the time you get to chapter 10, on "Cultural Underpinnings of Modern Drug Consumption," it's hard not to realize that in fact the book puts forward a ... conspiracy theory: Freemasons, George Soros, Paul Allen, Satanic rock musicians, Playboy magazine, Aldous Huxley, George Soros again... -- they've all supposedly been involved in a vast conspiracy to promote drug use to undermine the state. ...
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