US Foreign Policy and the War on Drugs: Displacing the Cocaine and Heroin Industry

by Cornelius Friesendorf

Overview

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 Dr

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781134123933
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	02/22/2007
Series:	CSS Studies in Security and International Relations
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	240
File size:	729 KB

About the Author

Cornelius Friesendorf

Table of Contents

1. US Drug Policy, Drug Industry Displacement and IR Theory 2. Targeting Turkey and the French Connection 3. Targeting Smugglers Flying over the Andes 4. Targeting the Columbian Drugs Industry 5. Theorizing Drug Industry Displacement and Policy Side Effects 6. Alternatives to the US War on Drugs