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001 2010013895
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008 100330s2010 mdu b 001 0 eng
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020 $a9781442205895 (electronic)
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100 1 $aScott, Peter Dale.
245 10 $aAmerican war machine :$bdeep politics, the CIA global drug connection, and the road to Afghanistan /$cPeter Dale Scott.
260 $aLanham, Md. :$bRowman & Littlefield Publishers,$cc2010.
300 $axii, 396 p. ;$c24 cm.
490 1 $aWar and peace library
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 367-373) and index.
505 0 $apt. 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.
520 $aThis 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.
650 0 $aDrug traffic$xGovernment policy$zUnited States.
650 0 $aDrug control$xPolitical aspects$zUnited States.
650 0 $aIntelligence service$zUnited States.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bCentral Intelligence Agency.
650 0 $aAfghan War, 2001-$xCauses.
830 0 $aWar and peace library.