Drugs, Oil, and War The United States in Afghanistan, Colombia, and Indochina

Name: Drugs, Oil, and War The United States in Afghanistan, Colombia, and Indochina
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ISBN: 9780742525221

ISBN-10: 0742525228

ISBN-13: 9780742525221

Edition: 2003

Authors: Peter Dale Scott

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This text illuminates the forces that drive US global policy, from Vietnam and Colombia to Afghanistan and Iraq. It brings to light the intertwined patterns of drugs, oil politics, and intelligence networks that have been central to the larger workings of US intervention in Third World countries.

Book details

List price: $30.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/4/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 248
Size: 6.06" wide x 9.10" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



List of Abbreviations and Acronyms


Preface


Introduction: The Deep Politics of U.S. Interventions



Afghanistan, Heroin, and Oil (2002)



Drugs and Oil in U.S. Asian Wars: From Indochina to Afghanistan



Indochina, Colombia, and Afghanistan: Emerging Patterns



The Origins of the Drug Proxy Strategy: The KMT, Burma, and U.S. Organized Crime



Colombia, Cocaine, and Oil (2001)



The United States and Oil in Colombia



The CIA and Drug Traffickers in Colombia



The Need to Disengage from Colombia



Indochina, Opium, and Oil (from The War Conspiracy, 1972)



Overview: Public, Private, and Covert Political Power



CAT/Air America, 1950-1970



Laos, 1959-1970



Cambodia and Oil, 1970



Opium, the China Lobby, and the CIA


A Deep Politics Bibliography


Index


About the Author