American war machine : deep politics, the CIA global drug connection, and the road to Afghanistan / Peter Dale Scott.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Scott, Peter Dale

Contributor:

Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.

Series:

War and peace library.

War and Peace Library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Central Intelligence Agency.

United States.

Afghan War, 2001-2021--Causes.

Afghan War, 2001-2021.

Drug control--United States.

Drug control.

Intelligence service--United States.

Intelligence service.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (409 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing(US), 2014.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This provocative, thoroughly researched book explores the covert aspects of U.S. foreign policy. Prominent political analyst Peter Dale Scott marshals a convincing array of evidence to expose the extensive trail of sanctioned but illicit violence in politics and state affairs, especially when related to America's long-standing involvement with the global drug traffic. Beginning with Thailand in the 1950's, Americans have become inured to the CIA's alliances with drug traffickers (and their bankers) to install and sustain right-wing governments. The pattern has repeated itself

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Deep History and the Global Drug Connection; Part I. OVERVIEW; Chapter 01. Sanctioned Violence, the Dominance Machine, and the Overworld; Part II. THE CIA AND DRUGS ABROAD; Chapter 02. Mexico, Drugs, the DFS, and the United States; Chapter 03. Operation Paper: The United States and Drugs in Thailand and Burma; Chapter 04. Rollback, PARU, and Laos: Preparing for Offensive War; Chapter 05. Laos: Financing a War by Drugs; Chapter 06. The War on Drugs in Asia: A Phony War with Real Casualties; Part III. DEEP EVENTS AND THE DRUG CONNECTION AT HOME

Chapter 07. The CIA, the Global Drug Connection, and Terrorism Chapter 08. Inside the War Machine: The Profiteers from Enduring Violence; Chapter 09. 9/11 and the American Tradition of Engineered Deep Events; Part IV: AMERICA AND AFGHANISTAN TODAY; Chapter 10. Obama and Afghanistan: America's Drug-Corrupted War; Chapter 11. Conclusion: The War Machine and the Deep Politics of Drugs; Final Words; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

979-82-16-40622-8

1-282-92256-4

9786612922565

1-4422-0589-X

OCLC:

759839406