Bribes, Bullets, and Intimidation

Julie Marie Bunck is Professor of Political Science at the University of Louisville and the author of Fidel Castro and the Quest for a Revolutionary Culture in Cuba (Penn State, 1994).Michael Ross Fowler is Professor of Political Science at the University of Louisville. Together with Julie Marie Bunck, he is also the author of Law, Power, and the Sovereign State: The Evolution and Application of the Concept of Sovereignty (Penn State, 1995).

• ContentsList of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction: Exploring Central American Drug Trafficking1 Central America and the International Trade in Drugs2 Belize3 Costa Rica4 Guatemala5 Honduras6 PanamaConclusionTable of CasesSelected BibliographyIndex

“There is nothing like Bribes, Bullets, and Intimidation in drug-control literature. It covers a region, Central America, that other studies deal with peripherally, if at all. It encompasses a span of time, from ca. 1980 to the present, that will command much attention. The authors make their subject a compelling story, one that is essential to an understanding of recent and contemporary Central America. Julie Bunck and Michael Fowler's exceptional study will appeal to both students and scholars in various disciplines, including history, political science, sociology, and criminal justice.”—William O. Walker III, author of Drug Control in the Americas