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We Sell Drugs : The Alchemy of US Empire /

This history of US-led international drug control provides new perspectives on the economic, ideological, and political foundations of a Cold War American empire. US officials assumed the helm of international drug control after World War II at a moment of unprecedented geopolitical influence embodi...

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Autor principal: Reiss, Suzanna (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, [2014]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Cover; Contents; Illustrations; Acronyms; Introduction; 1. "The Drug Arsenal of the Civilized World": WWII and the Origins of US-Led International Drug Control; 2. "Resources for Freedom": American Drug Commodities in the Postwar World; 3. Raw Materialism: Exporting Drug Control to the Andes; 4. The Alchemy of Empire: Drugs and Development in the Americas; 5. The Chemical Cold War: Drugs and Policing in the New World Order; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; Notes; Works Cited; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y. 
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