Cocaine Politics

Drugs, Armies, and the CIA in Central America, Updated edition

Häftad, Engelska, 1998

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When the San Jose Mercury News ran a controversial series of stories in 1996 on the relationship between the CIA, the Contras, and crack, they reignited the issue of the intelligence agency's connections to drug trafficking, initially brought to light during the Vietnam War and then again by the Iran-Contra affair. Broad in scope and extensively documented, "Cocaine Politics" shows that under the cover of national security and covert operations, the U.S. government has repeatedly collaborated with and protected major international drug traffickers. A new preface discusses developments of the last six years, including the Mercury News stories and the public reaction they provoked.

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Utgivningsdatum1998-04-10
Mått152 x 229 x 18 mm
Vikt408 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor279
FörlagUniversity of California Press
ISBN9780520214491

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Peter Dale Scott is Professor of English Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley, and the author of Deep Politics and the Death of JFK (California, 1993). Scott is also a poet: in 2002, his "Seculum" trilogy won a Lannan Literary Award. Jonathan Marshall is the Economics Editor of the San Francisco Chronicle and the author of To Have and Have Not: Southeast Asian Raw Materials and the Origins of the Pacific War (California, 1995).

Preface to the 1998 Paperback EditionPreface to the 1992 Paperback EditionAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1 The Kerry Report: The Truth but Not the Whole TruthPART I RIGHT-WING NARCOTERRORISM, THE CIA,AND THE CONTRAS2 The CIA and Right-Wing Narcoterrorism in Latin America3 Bananas, Cocaine, and Military Plots in Honduras4 Noriega and the Contras: Guns, Drugs, and theHarari Network5 The International Cali Connection and the United States6 The Contra Drug Connections in Costa RicaPART II EXPOSURE AND COVER-UP7 Jack Terrell Reveals the Contra-Drug Connection8 North Moves to Silence Terrell9 How the Justice Department Tried to Block theDrug Inquiry10 Covert Operations and the Perversion of DrugEnforcement11 The Media and the Contra Drug Issue12 ConclusionNotesNames and OrganizationsIndex