The strength of the pack : the personalities, politics and espionage intrigues that shaped the DEA / Douglas Valentine.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Valentine, Douglas, 1949-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Drug Enforcement Administration--History.

United States.

United States. Drug Enforcement Administration.

Drug control--United States--History.

Drug control.

Drug traffic.

History.

Drug traffic--United States--History.

Physical Description:

xviii, 538 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Walterville, OR : Trine Day ; Chicago : Distribution to the trade by Independent Publishers Group, [2009]

Summary:

Through interviews with former narcotics agents, politicians, and bureaucrats, this expos ̌documents previously unknown aspects of the history of federal drug law enforcement, from the formation of the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs and the creation of the Drugh Enforcement Administration (DEA) up until the present day. Written in an easily accessible style, the narrative examines how successive administrations expanded federal enforcement operations at home and abroad; investigates how the CIA compromised the war on drugs; analyzes the Nixon, Reagan, Bush, Clinton and second Bush administrations' failed attempts to alter the DEA's course; and traces the agency's evolution into its current stage of "narco-terrorism."

Contents:

Chapter 1 The Shadow of the Wolf 1

Chapter 2 The McDonnell Case 11

Chapter 3 Connoisseurs of Chaos 16

Chapter 4 Turning to Tartaglino 28

Chapter 5 Symbolic Strategies 35

Chapter 6 The Big Picture 47

Chapter 7 A New York Narcotic Agent in Saigon 62

Chapter 8 Rude Awakenings 78

Chapter 9 Espionage Intrigues 93

Chapter 10 The First Infestations 101

Chapter 11 Angels and Archangels 117

Chapter 12 The Politics of Enforcement 133

Chapter 13 Shock Treatment 147

Chapter 14 Chasing the Dragon 162

Chapter 15 New York, New York 177

Chapter 16 Capitol Capers 193

Chapter 17 Covert Intelligence 208

Chapter 18 The Parallel Mechanism 222

Chapter 19 Myles to Go 234

Chapter 20 The DEA 245

Chapter 21 The Dirty Dozen 261

Chapter 22 The Serpent in My Garden 275

Chapter 23 Political Drug Wars 290

Chapter 24 If at First 307

Chapter 25 Going Underground 325

Chapter 26 George White's Ghost 342

Chapter 27 Enter the FBI 356

Chapter 28 The Age of Narco-Terrorism 373

Chapter 29 The View from the Top 388.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [507]-[515]) and index.

ISBN:

9780979988653

0979988659

OCLC:

316057965