Narcodiplomacy : Exporting the U.S. War on Drugs / Richard Friman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Friman, Richard, Author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (184 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

If illicit drug trafficking is a global problem, why won't other nations comply with the drug control agenda of the United States? NarcoDiplomacy departs from traditional responses to this question, which have held that compliance with the American agenda has been beyond the capacity of key countries. By focusing on Germany and Japan, touted as two of the strongest allies of the United States in drug control efforts, H. Richard Friman exposes the flaws in capacity arguments and the policies based on them.Drawing on sources ranging from previously unknown Imperial German archives to interviews with policymakers and law enforcement officials, Friman offers a thorough analysis of bilateral and multilateral relations. He traces their evolution from international opium control efforts of the early 1900s through disputes over cocaine and money laundering during the Reagan and Bush anti-drug campaigns. His work reveals that, although the internal logic of the U.S. posture was sound, American policymakers failed to recognize the nature of German and Japanese cooperation and defection, or to identify which aspects of capacity were at issue. The resulting policy, Friman contends, actually undermined German and Japanese compliance with the American agenda. Extending this analysis to Latin America, NarcoDiplomacy explores the ramifications of Friman's findings for the future of U.S. drug control policy.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

List of Tables

Preface

1. The Dynamics of Defection

2. Germany and the Cocaine Connection

3. Narcotics Trafficking and Japan

4. Japan and the Global Partnership

5. Germany and the American Agenda

6. Capacity and Compliance

Notes

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jul 2020)

ISBN:

1-5017-3471-7

OCLC:

1178770225