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.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (292 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : Brookings Institution Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Shooting Up analyzes how involvement in the production and trafficking of illicit commodities, especially drugs, affects the strength of belligerents and governments. Much of U.S. anti-narcotics policy abroad is based on the assumption of symbiotic relationships between drug producers, traffickers, insurgents, and terrorists; thus, policy is organized around the premise that the suppression of drug production will service both anti-drug and counterterrorist goals. The author challenges this "narcoguerrilla" premise of U.S. policy. She shows that, far from being complementary, anti-narcotics

Contents:

Front Cover; Copyright Information; Table of Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Illicit Economies and Belligerents; The Political Capital Model of Illicit Economies; Peru: The Coca Path; Colombia: The Narco Wars; Afghanistan: Swimming in a Sea of Poppies; Conclusions and Policy Implications; Appendix A: Involvement of Belligerent Groups with Illicit Drugs; Appendix B: Methodology of the Study; Appendix C: Case Selection; Notes; Index; Back Cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612403743

9781282403741

1282403745

9780815704508

081570450X

OCLC:

818852149