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Drugs, Oil and War
Peter Dale Scott
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Description for Drugs, Oil and War
Hardback. This text illuminates the forces that drive US global policy, from Vietnam and Colombia to Afghanistan and Iraq. It brings to light the intertwined patterns of drugs, oil politics, and intelligence networks that have been central to the larger workings of US intervention in Third World countries. Series: War and Peace Library. Num Pages: 248 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBT; JPQB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 449.
Peter Dale Scott's brilliantly researched tour de force illuminates the underlying forces that drive U.S. global policy from Vietnam to Colombia and now to Afghanistan and Iraq. He brings to light the intertwined patterns of drugs, oil politics, and intelligence networks that have been so central to the larger workings of U.S. intervention and escalation in Third World countries through alliances with drug-trafficking proxies. This strategy was originally developed in the late 1940s to contain communist China; it has since been used to secure control over foreign petroleum resources. The result has been a staggering increase in the global drug ... Read more
Peter Dale Scott's brilliantly researched tour de force illuminates the underlying forces that drive U.S. global policy from Vietnam to Colombia and now to Afghanistan and Iraq. He brings to light the intertwined patterns of drugs, oil politics, and intelligence networks that have been so central to the larger workings of U.S. intervention and escalation in Third World countries through alliances with drug-trafficking proxies. This strategy was originally developed in the late 1940s to contain communist China; it has since been used to secure control over foreign petroleum resources. The result has been a staggering increase in the global drug ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Series
War and Peace Library
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780742525214
SKU
V9780742525214
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About Peter Dale Scott
Peter Dale Scott was born in 1929 in Montreal, Canada. A former Canadian diplomat and professor of English at the University of California, Berkeley, he is both a poet and an author of political analysis. His chief prose books include Deep Politics and the Death of JFK, The War Conspiracy, Cocaine Politics, and The Iran-Contra Connection (the last two in ... Read more
Reviews for Drugs, Oil and War
Scott, a former Canadian diplomat and current English professor, analyzes an important aspect of U.S. foreign policy. Scott does point to sources and relationships that are often ignored by works relying on standard archival materials.
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Praise for the work of Peter Dale Scott: The War Conspiracy A powerful analysis of the United States' ... Read more
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Praise for the work of Peter Dale Scott: The War Conspiracy A powerful analysis of the United States' ... Read more