Cocaine politics : drugs, armies, and the CIA in Central America / Peter Dale Scott and Jonathan Marshall.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Scott, Peter Dale, author.

Marshall, Jonathan, 1955- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drug control.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (304 p.)

Edition:

Reprint 2019

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, California : University of California Press, [1992]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

When the San Jose Mercury News ran a controversial series of stories in 1996 on the relationship between the CIA, the Contras, and crack, they reignited the issue of the intelligence agency's connections to drug trafficking, initially brought to light during the Vietnam War and then again by the Iran-Contra affair. Broad in scope and extensively documented, Cocaine Politics shows that under the cover of national security and covert operations, the U.S. government has repeatedly collaborated with and protected major international drug traffickers. A new preface discusses developments of the last six years, including the Mercury News stories and the public reaction they provoked.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface to the 1998 Edition

Preface to the 1992 Paperback Edition

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. The Kerry Report: The Truth but Not the Whole Truth

2. The CIA and Right-Wing Narcoterrorism in Latin America

3. Bananas, Cocaine, and Military Plots in Honduras

4. Noriega and the Contras Guns, Drugs, and the Harari Network

5. The International Cali Connection and the United States

6. The Contra Drug Connections in Costa Rica

7. Jack Terrell Reveals the Contra-Drug Connection

8. North Moves to Silence Terrell

9. How the Justice Department Tried to Block the Drug Inquiry

10. Covert Operations and the Perversion of Drug Enforcement

11. The Media and the Contra Drug Issue

12. Conclusion

Notes

Names and Organizations

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780520921283

0520921283

9780585054551

058505455X

OCLC:

1153486518