Seeing drugs : modernization, counterinsurgency, and U.S. narcotics control in the Third World, 1969-1976 / Daniel Weimer.
| Author/creator | Weimer, Daniel, 1971- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Kent, Ohio : Kent State University Press, ©2011. |
| Description | xi, 316 pages : maps ; 25 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | New studies in U.S. foreign relations New studies in U.S. foreign relations. ^A635702 |
| Contents | Drugs and the American experience -- A terrible disease : metaphors, identity, and source control -- Viewing the drug subcultures of the golden trianglen : source control, COIN, modernization, and the Hmong in Thailand -- Development as drug control : the intersection of modernization, source control, and hegemony in Northern Thailand -- The shan proposal as the road not taken : the debate over alternative source control and the drugs-security link in Burma -- A quantum jump in destruction : herbicides and drug control in Mexico -- Conclusion : the faith in source control and looking outward. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 286-308) and index. |
| LCCN | 2011000683 |
| ISBN | 9781606350591 |
| ISBN | 1606350595 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | HV5825 .W3833 2011 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |