1st Edition
US Foreign Policy and the War on Drugs Displacing the Cocaine and Heroin Industry
By Cornelius Friesendorf
Copyright 2007
240 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
242 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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 Drugs develops and applies a causal mechanism to... Read more
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
Biography
Cornelius Friesendorf
