Cocaine Quagmire: Implementing the U. S. Anti-Drug Policy in the North Andes-Colombia
Written from the perspective of a former active participant in the U.S. anti-drug policy formulation and implementation efforts, " Cocaine Quagmire" is an in-depth analysis of why the U.S. drug war in Colombia is failing. While frequent anti-drug battles are won, dynamic socioeconomic and political factors have created a quagmire of countervailing obstacles leading to strategic foreign policy defeat in the North Andes. The Clinton Administration has focused on combating narcotrafficking and...
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Written from the perspective of a former active participant in the U.S. anti-drug policy formulation and implementation efforts, Cocaine Quagmire is an in-depth analysis of why the U.S. drug war in Colombia is failing. Booknews A case study of how anti-narcotrafficking policy is conceived of in Washington and implemented in Colombia. Because of the strong supply and demand dynamic, a weak state system in Colombia and endemic corruption, the author argues, the policy is doomed to failure in the long run. Accepting the good intentions of policy makers, he examines the production levels of cocaine and the variation in street price over the past decade, and attempts to explain why there has been negligible success in stemming the its tide into the country. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
IntroductionCh. IA Narcotrafficker's Paradise1Ch. IIThe War On Drugs Comes To Colombia27Ch. IIILocking Arms - Washington, Colombia And The Andean Initiative51Ch. IVConfronting The Traffickers79Ch. VThrust And Counter-Thrust105Ch. VIColombian Reality127Ch. VIIThe Quagmire147Ch. VIIIObservations And Conclusions173Bibliography189Index203Author Biographical Sketch215
\ BooknewsA case study of how anti-narcotrafficking policy is conceived of in Washington and implemented in Colombia. Because of the strong supply and demand dynamic, a weak state system in Colombia and endemic corruption, the author argues, the policy is doomed to failure in the long run. Accepting the good intentions of policy makers, he examines the production levels of cocaine and the variation in street price over the past decade, and attempts to explain why there has been negligible success in stemming the its tide into the country. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.\ \
