The Lebanese connection : corruption, civil war, and the international drug traffic / Jonathan V. Marshall.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Marshall, Jonathan, 1955-

Series:

Stanford studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic societies and cultures.

Stanford studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic societies and cultures

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drug traffic--Lebanon--History.

Drug traffic.

Drug traffic--Political aspects--Lebanon--History.

Political corruption--Lebanon--History.

Political corruption.

Lebanon--History--Civil War, 1975-1990.

Lebanon.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (274 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Long before Mexico, Colombia, and Afghanistan became notorious for their contributions to the global drug traffic, Lebanon was a special target of U.S. drug agents for harboring the world's greatest single transit port in the international traffic in narcotics. In the words of one American official, ""certain of the largest traffickers are so influential politically, and certain highly placed officials so deeply involved in the narcotic traffic, that one might well state that the Lebanese Government is in the narcotics business.""Using previously secret government records, The

Contents:

Contents; Introduction; 1. Hashish, the Petroleum of Lebanon; 2. The French Connection; 3. The Intra Bank Connection; 4. The Path to Civil War; 5. The Civil War Drug Boom; 6. The Syrian Connection; 7. The Drug Melting Pot; 8. From Narco-State to Failed State; Acknowledgments; Appendix: Drug Production Statistics; Notes; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780804782562

0804782563

OCLC:

782880131