About this title: 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. This text shows that under the cover of national security and covert operations, the US government protected major international drug traffickers. A new preface discusses developements in the six years from 1992 to 1996, including the "Mercury News" stories and the public reaction ...
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Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: University of California Press
Date Published: 1992-03-17
ISBN-13:9780520077812ISBN:0520077814
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Description: Good. 1998-Paperback----Used-Good-Hall Street Books proudly ships from Brooklyn, NY. All orders are processed and shipped within 24 hours, M-F. 100% money back No-Worry guarantee with expedited delivery and delivery confirmation available. read more
Description: FINE. Crisp, clean, unread paperback with light to moderate shelfwear/edgewear to the covers and a small publisher's mark to one edge-Nice! ! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: University of California Press
Date Published: 4-10-98
ISBN-13:9780520214491ISBN:0520214498
Description: FINE. Crisp, clean, unread paperback with light to moderate shelfwear/edgewear to the covers and a small publisher's mark to one edge-Nice! ! 0.95 lbs. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: University of California Press
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780520077812ISBN:0520077814
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Highlighting/underlining. Pages have moisture damage; wraps are bumped at the fore edge corners. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 279 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University of California Press, Berkeley
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780520073128ISBN:0520073126
Description: Very Good Plus. Very Good Plus Dust Jacket. Out of print. This is NOT an ex-library copy! ! ! NO marks or underlining. This item is IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE. Some spotting at edges-otherwise as described. read more
Edition: First Edition, First Printing
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: University of California Press, Berkeley, CA
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780520073128ISBN:0520073126
Description: AS NEW in AS NEW DJ. 8vo (6 x 9-1/4), 279 pp including Index, Notes, and Glossary of Names and Organizations. Clothbound book is FINE--unread, unmarked, and AS NEW in AS NEW glossy pictorial DJ. The landmark book that examined the gigantic cocaine deal that financed the Contras, the one after which the CIA pled "not guilty" to the huge amounts of cocaine flooding Los Angeles during the 80's saying "We only brought in 5 tons of coke. That's less than 10% of what came in. " An amazing story that ... read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Univ of California Pr
Date Published: 1998-04-01
ISBN-13:9780520214491ISBN:0520214498
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: University of California Press
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780520214491ISBN:0520214498
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Edition: 2 REV ED
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Univ. PRESSES OF CALIFORNIA, COLUMBIA AND PRINCETON Country = UNITED STATES
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780520214491ISBN:0520214498
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 279 pages. (304 pages) shows that under the cover of national security and covert operations, the us government has repeatedly collaborated with and protected major international drug traffickers. a new preface discusses the developments of the six years from 1992 to 1998. edition 2 rev ed (Paperback) read more
Edition: First edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: California
Date Published: 1991
Description: Drugs, Armies and the CIA in Central America. SIGNED. Fine and bright in like dustjacket with crisp bright text throughout. A lovely association copy, signed by Jonathan (Marshall) to "Peter" (Dale Scott) on the opening flyleaf. Last flyleaf top corner cleanly snipped away. read more
"I started with this Peter Dale Scott book to get a sense of his tone and handling of a subject before trying his more controversial works. This book turned out to be very careful and fair, almost too fair. Here Scott largely sticks to the Kerry report exposing U.S. government complicity in South and Central American drug trade as a mere tip of it emerged in Oliver North's Iran-Contra crimes. The book isn't as powerful as Robert Parry's seminal reporting gathered in Lost History or as contextualized as Alexander Cockburn's Whiteout. Scott goes into more, not always helpful, detail than either of these works. Now I'll have to try Alfred McCoy's more historically extensive The Politics of Heroin: CIA Complicity in the Global Drug Trade. Wherever the CIA goes, drug trade skyrockets. Now Afghanistan is once again the top heroin producer in the world, and in the past few weeks more reports have surfaced about U.S. military planes in Afghanistan used as transports. It's the same old practices that go back before Vietnam."
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