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1 online resource (xii, 396 pages). |
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polychrome |
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War and peace library
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War and peace library.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-373) and index. |
| Contents |
pt. 1: Overview. Sanctioned violence, the dominance machine, and the overworld -- pt. 2: The CIA and drugs abroad. Mexico, drugs, the DFS, and the United States -- Operation paper: The United States and drugs in Thailand and Burma -- Rollback, PARU, and Laos: preparing for offensive war -- Laos: Financing a war by drugs -- The war on drugs in Asia: A phony war with real casualties -- pt. 3: Deep events and the drug connection at home. The CIA, the global drug connection, and terrorism -- Inside the war machine: the profiteers from enduring violence -- 9/11 and the American tradition of engineered deep events -- pt. 4: America and Afghanistan today. Obama and Afghanistan: America's drug-corrupted war -- Conclusion: The war machine and the deep politics of drugs. |
| Summary |
This book explores the covert aspects of U.S. foreign policy. The author presents compelling evidence to expose the extensive growth of sanctioned but illicit violence in politics and state affairs, especially when related to America's long-standing involvement with the global drug traffic. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
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United States. Central Intelligence Agency. |
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United States. Central Intelligence Agency. |
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Afghan War (2001-2021) |
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Drug control -- United States.
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Drug control. |
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United States. |
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Drug control -- Political aspects -- United States.
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Drug control -- Political aspects. |
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Intelligence service -- United States.
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Intelligence service. |
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Afghan War, 2001-2021 -- Causes.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Scott, Peter Dale. American war machine. Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, ©2010 9780742555945 (DLC) 2010013895 (OCoLC)593639429 |
| ISBN |
9781442205895 (electronic book) |
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144220589X (electronic book) |
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9780742555945 |
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0742555941 |
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