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Routledge
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Routledge
368 Pages
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Routledge
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Drug Diplomacy is the first comprehensive historical account of the evolution of the global drugs control regime. The book analyzes how the rules and regulations that encompass the drug question came to be framed. By examining the international historical aspects of the issue, the author addresses the many questions surrounding this global problem. Including coverage of substances from heroin... Read more
Introduction PART I Setting the stage 1 Drugs through the ages to 1920 PART II Establishing the system 2 Laying the foundation—1919–25 3 Completing the edifice—1925–31 PART III Work in progress 4 Against the tide—1931–39 5 Preservation, perseverance, promise—1939–46 6 Trouble in paradise—1945–53 7 The long march to the Single Convention—1953–61 PART IV The regime challenged 8 Crucible—1961–73 9 Crosscurrents—1972–2000
Biography
William B. McAllister is Lecturer in History and Faculty Consultant at the Teaching Resource Center at the University of Virginia.
'McAllister brings a wry humour to his subject. The book is indispensable to understanding the drug controls and policing of the world in 2000.' - Richard Davenport-Hines, London Review of Books
'McAllister's book is a groundbreaking and welcome addition to literature on the drug trade and its regulation ... required reading for scholars and policy makers interested in the drug issue.' - Millennium
