About this title: 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 ...
read more
Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is described below.
Description: Fair. 1556521251 Lawrence Hill trade paperback, 1991, clean/tight, very light wear, first 75 pages have some hi-lighting o/w Near Fine...Bubble-wrapped and ed in a Box w/ confirmation. read more
Description: Fine. 1556521251 Lawrence Hill trade paperback, 1991, unused, No marks/creases...FINE (like new)...Bubble-wrapped and mailed in a Box w/delivery confirmation. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Lawrence Hill Books
Date Published: 2003-05-01
ISBN-13:9781556524837ISBN:1556524838
Description: NEW. Softcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9781556524837. read more
Edition: First Revised
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Lawrence Hill & Co, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9781556521256ISBN:1556521251
Description: Very Good- No Jacket. Crime. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Revised, enlarged and updared from the 1972 edition, illustrates with maps and photos, 634 pages, book has a heavy pressure mark across the top of the pages. read more
Edition: First Edition/First Printing
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Lawrence Hill, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9781556521256ISBN:1556521251
Description: Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall 1556521251 The book has the previous owner's inscription in pen on the first page. read more
Description: Fine. 1556521251 Lawrence Hill trade paperback, 1991, 1st printing, unused, No marks/creases or defects...Fine (like new)...Bubble-wrapped and ed in a Box w/ confirmation. read more
Edition: Revised Edition
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Lawrence Hill Books
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9781556521256ISBN:1556521251
Description: Very good. Very Good book, None, As Issued dust jacket. Right front corner creased (1: ). Bottom front and top back corners lightly bumped. Interior clean and bright. read more
Edition: Rev ed.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Lawrence Hill Books
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9781556524837ISBN:1556524838
Description: Fair. No dust jacket as issued. Highlighting/underlining. Underlining in text. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 734 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: Reprint, 1st Edition; First Printing
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Chicago Review Press/Lawrence Hill, Chicago
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9781556521256ISBN:1556521251
Description: Fine+ with no dust jacket. 1556521251. VF square and tight with no defects, no names or ANY markings; 505052; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 634 pages. read more
Description: Good. Spine creased. Front free end page price clipped. Highlighting and marginalia. Binding tight, pages crisp and clean. Spine bumped with small nicks at edges. Some edge wear, rubs, scratches and dents to cover. Corners have light erosion. Ships via Media Mail within 2 business days. read more
"Odd book. McCoy is a historian but the main part of this book, which was intially published as "The Politics of Heroin in Southeast Asia" was written based on work he did while following the trail of heroin during the war in Vietnam, generally the kind of stuff done by a journalist or ethnographer. McCoy himself is an accomplished scholar of the area with several important books on the history of the Philippines. The front and back sections of the book, on the history of the drug trade in the early part of the last century through World War II, run by the Corsican and Sicialian Mafia and the post-Vietnam era, run through Columbia and Mexico, seemed tacked on to update and expand the book for a revised edition. They cover nothing new and are based largely on secondary sources.
His main conclusions, that illegal opiates could not be moved into the United States in such huge quantaties and for such a long time without complicity of significant parts of the government, is well known and accepted."
"the flipside to michael taussig is this visionary thinker who saw through the surface world of the 1970's and pieced together a more complete picture of capitalism's necessary underbellies. eastern/western transparencies/opacities are evident in both the players (the overlords legal/illegal and quasi) and the law."
We guarantee every item's condition, as described on Alibris. If you are not satisfied that an item is as described, return your purchase for a refund.
rating
