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The Politics of Heroin: CIA Complicity in the Global Drug Trade Paperback – May 1, 2003

by Alfred W. McCoy (Author)

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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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  1. Print length
    752 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Chicago Review Press
  4. Publication date
    May 1, 2003
  5. Dimensions
    6 x 1.7 x 9 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1556524838
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1556524837
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“A fascinating, often meticulous unraveling of the byzantine complexities of the Southeast Asia drug trade . . . a pioneering book.”  —The New York Times Book Review

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Alfred W. McCoy is a professor of history at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He holds a doctorate in southeast Asian history from Yale University and is the recipient of the 2001 Goodman Prize from the Association for Asian Studies. He lives in Madison, Wisconsin.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Chicago Review Press
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 1, 2003
  • Edition ‏ : ‎ Revised edition
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 752 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1556524838
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1556524837
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.25 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 1.7 x 9 inches
  • Best Sellers Rank: #119,956 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Alfred W. McCoy

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Alfred W. McCoy holds the Harrington chair of History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison where he teaches classes on the Vietnam War, modern empires, and U.S. foreign policy. Most recently, he is the author of "In the Shadows of the American Century: The Rise and Decline of U.S. Global Power" (Chicago, 2017). He is also the author of "Policing America's Empire: The United States, the Philippines, and the Rise of the Surveillance State" (Madison, 2009) which won the Kahin Prize from the Association for Asian Studies.

His best known book, "The Politics of Heroin," stirred controversy when the C.I.A. tried to block its publication back in 1972, but it has remained in print for nearly 50 years, been translated into nine languages, and is generally regarded as the "classic" work on global drug trafficking.