William L. Marcy, "Narcostates: Civil War, Crime, and the War on Drugs in Mexico and Central America"
English | ISBN: 1685853277 | 2023 | 359 pages | PDF | 8 MB
English | ISBN: 1685853277 | 2023 | 359 pages | PDF | 8 MB
"Rigorously researched and responsibly told, Narcostates is a wonderful, comprehensive overview of the relationship between governments and drug traffickers from the 1970s to the modern day." ―Nathan P. Jones, Sam Houston State University
How did Mexico and Central America become a lawless corridor for conveying narcotics into the United States? How did the drug cartels rise to power, succeeding in institutionalizing the narco-industry? Why have the police and military failed to rein the cartels in? What have been the consequences of the US-led "war on drugs?" William Marcy's Narcostates provides answers to these questions and more.
Tracing the evolution of narcotrafficking across the region, and drawing on newly declassified documents, Marcy unravels the tangled web of violence, corruption, and political instability that has empowered drug trafficking organizations since the 1970s.
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