Containing addiction : the Federal Bureau of Narcotics and the origins of America's global drug war /

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The story of America's "War on Drugs" usually begins with Richard Nixon or Ronald Reagan. In Containing Addiction, Matthew R. Pembleton argues that its origins instead lie in the years following World War II, when the Federal Bureau of Narcotics - the country's first drug control...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Pembleton, Matthew R. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2017]
Temas:
United States. > Bureau of Narcotics > History.
United States. > Bureau of Narcotics.
1900-1999
Drug control > United States > History > 20th century.
Lutte antidrogue > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
HISTORY > United States > General.
Drug control.
United States.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction. Toiling in the vineyards
  • The discourse of the dope menace
  • The world's greatest living authority on dope
  • On the street and behind enemy lines
  • A red-blooded American boy and true-crime action hero
  • Constructing a kingpin
  • The drug war goes abroad
  • The global drug war
  • The wheel turns
  • Conclusion. Waging drug wars.

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