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The politics of cocaine, how U.S. policy has created a thriving drug industry in Central and South America, William L. Marcy ; foreword by Jorrit Kamminga

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The politics of cocaine

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William L. Marcy ; foreword by Jorrit Kamminga

how U.S. policy has created a thriving drug industry in Central and South America

Introduction : U.S. drug policy in the Northern Andes and Latin America -- The growth of the narcotics industry in the Northern Andes, 1971-1980 -- The economic role of narcotics in Latin America, 1980-1987 -- U.S. narcotics control policies in the Northern Andes, 1980-1987 -- Reagan, the drug war, and the narco-terrorist nexus -- Northern Andean guerrillas, drug trafficking, and Cold War politics -- The militarization of the drug war : Bush, Panama, and the Andean strategy -- The failure of the Andean strategy -- Clinton : from the Andean strategy to plan Colombia -- Conclusion : U.S. drug policy comes full circle