Drugs, Oil, and War The United States in Afghanistan, Colombia, and Indochina

by Scott, Peter Dale

• ISBN13: 9780742525221
• ISBN10: 0742525228
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-03-04
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

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 intel

Author Biography

Peter Dale Scott is a former Canadian diplomat and professor of English at the University of California, Berkeley.

Table of Contents

List of Abbreviations and Acronyms
Preface
Introduction: The Deep Politics of U.S. Interventions	p. 1
Afghanistan, Heroin, and Oil (2002)
Drugs and Oil in U.S. Asian Wars: From Indochina to Afghanistan	p. 27
Indochina, Colombia, and Afghanistan: Emerging Patterns	p. 39
The Origins of the Drug Proxy Strategy: The KMT, Burma, and U.S. Organized Crime	p. 59
Colombia, Cocaine, and Oil (2001)
The United States and Oil in Colombia	p. 71
The CIA and Drug Traffickers in Colombia	p. 85
The Need to Disengage from Colombia	p. 97
Indochina, Opium, and Oil (from The War Conspiracy, 1972)
Overview: Public, Private, and Covert Political Power	p. 109
CAT/Air America, 1950-1970	p. 119
Laos, 1959-1970	p. 147
Cambodia and Oil, 1970	p. 167
Opium, the China Lobby, and the CIA	p. 185
A Deep Politics Bibliography	p. 209
Index	p. 213
About the Author	p. 227
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