| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 230 pages) |
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CSS studies in security and international relations |
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CSS studies in security and international relations.
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| Contents |
US drug policy and drug industry displacement -- Targeting Turkey and the French connection : the early 1970s -- Targeting smugglers flying over the Andes : the 1990s -- Targeting the Colombian drug industry : the early twenty-first century -- Drug industry displacement and side effects of foreign policy -- Alternatives to the US war on drugs |
| Summary |
This text presents an academic study to examine the side effects of US policy on the global drugs industry, such as the displacement of cocaine and heroin production. It develops and applies a causal mechanism in three cases to explain the displacement, analysing US anti-drug regimes at different times and in various regions. This book examines the geographic displacement of the illicit drug industry as a side effect of United States foreign policy. To reduce the supply of cocaine and heroin from abroad, the US has relied on coercion against farmers, traffickers and governments, but this has only exacerbated the world's drugs problems. US Foreign Policy and the War on Drugs develops and applies a causal mechanism to explain the displacement, analyzing US anti-drug initiatives at different times and in various regions. The findings clearly show that American foreign policy has been a major driving force behind the global spread of the illicit drug industry, calling for urgent revision. This book will be of interest to students of US foreign policy, security studies and international relations in general. This book examines the geographic displacement of the illicit drug industry as a side effect of United States foreign policy. To reduce the supply of cocaine and heroin from abroad, the US has relied on coercion against farmers, traffickers and governments, but this has only exacerbated the world's drugs problems. US Foreign Policy and the War on Drugs develops and applies a causal mechanism to explain the displacement, analyzing US anti-drug initiatives at different times and in various regions. The findings clearly show that American foreign policy has been a major driving force behind the global spread of the illicit drug industry, calling for urgent revision. This book will be of interest to students of US foreign policy, security studies and international relations in general |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-222) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
Drug control -- United States -- History
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Cocaine industry -- Government policy -- United States
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Heroin industry -- Government policy -- United States
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure.
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Cocaine industry -- Government policy
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Diplomatic relations
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Drug control
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Drogenkriminalität
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Bekämpfung
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Außenpolitik
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Drogenabhängigkeit
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Foreign relations -- 20th century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140089
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United States -- Foreign relations -- 21st century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2003003697
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United States
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USA
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780203964590 |
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0203964594 |
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9781280803147 |
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1280803142 |
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