Shooting up : counterinsurgency and the war on drugs / Vanda Felbab-Brown.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Felbab-Brown, Vanda.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drug traffic--Developing countries.

Drug traffic.

Drug control--Developing countries.

Drug control.

Developing countries.

Physical Description:

xiv, 273 pages : maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [2010]

Contents:

Foreword

Acknowledgments

1. Illicit economies and belligerents

2. The political capital model of illicit economies

3. Peru: the coca path

4. Colombia : the narco wars

5. Afghanistan : swimming in a sea of poppies

6. Conclusions and policy implications

Appendix A: Involvement of belligerent groups with illicit drugs

Appendix B: Methodology of the study

Appendix C: Case selection

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780815703280

0815703287

OCLC:

368050515