Drugs, oil, and war : the United States in Afghanistan, Colombia, and Indochina

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Title:

Drugs, oil, and war : the United States in Afghanistan, Colombia, and Indochina

Author:

Scott, Peter Dale.

Personal Author:

Scott, Peter Dale.

Publication Information:

Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2003]

Physical Description:

xix, 225 pages ; 24 cm.

Series:

War and peace library

War and peace library.

Language:

English

Contents:

pt. 1. Afghanistan, heroin, and oil (2002) -- 1. Drugs and oil in U.S. Asian wars : from Indochina to Afghanistan -- 2. Indochina, Colombia, and Afghanistan : emerging patterns -- 3. The origins of the drug proxy strategy : the KMT, Burma, and U.S. organized crime -- pt. 2. Colombia, cocaine, and oil (2001) -- 4. The United States and oil in Columbia -- 5. The CIA and drug traffickers in Colombia -- 6. The need to disengage from Colombia -- pt. 3. Indochina, opium and oil (from The war conspiracy, 1972) -- 7. Overview : public, private, and covert political power -- 8. CAT-Air America, 1950-1970 -- 9. Laos, 1959-1970 -- 10. Cambodia and oil, 1970 -- 11. Opium, the China lobby, and the CIA.

Corporate Subject:

United States. Central Intelligence Agency.

Subject Term:

Intelligence service -- United States -- History -- 20th century.

Drug control -- Political aspects.

Drug traffic -- History -- 20th century.

Petroleum industry and trade -- Political aspects.

Geographic Term:

United States -- Foreign relations -- 20th century.

United States -- Foreign relations -- Indochina.

Indochina -- Foreign relations -- United States.

United States -- Foreign relations -- Colombia.