Description

Book Synopsis
Shows that under the cover of national security and covert operations, the US government has repeatedly collaborated with and protected major international drug traffickers.

Table of Contents
Preface to the 1998 Paperback Edition
Preface to the 1992 Paperback Edition
Acknowledgments

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

PART I RIGHT-WING NARCOTERRORISM, THE CIA,
AND THE CONTRAS
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

PART II EXPOSURE AND COVER-UP
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

Cocaine Politics

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      Book details

      Publisher University of California Press
      Published 10 April 1998
      ISBN-13 9780520214491
      978-0520214491
      ISBN-10 0520214498
      Also in:
      Causes and prevention of crime Drugs and alcohol: social aspects Health, illness or addiction: social aspects

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Shows that under the cover of national security and covert operations, the US government has repeatedly collaborated with and protected major international drug traffickers.

      Table of Contents
      Preface to the 1998 Paperback Edition
      Preface to the 1992 Paperback Edition
      Acknowledgments

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

      PART I RIGHT-WING NARCOTERRORISM, THE CIA,
      AND THE CONTRAS
      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

      PART II EXPOSURE AND COVER-UP
      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

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