Drugs, Oil, and War The United States in

Peter Dale Scott's brilliantly researched tour de force illuminates the underlying forces that drive U.S. global policy from Vietnam to Colombia and now to Afghanistan and Iraq. He brings to light the intertwined patterns of drugs, oil politics, and intel

Peter Dale Scott is a former Canadian diplomat and professor of English at the University of California, Berkeley.

List of Abbreviations and Acronyms

ix

Preface

xi

Introduction: The Deep Politics of U.S. Interventions

1

(26)

Part I: Afghanistan, Heroin, and Oil (2002)

Drugs and Oil in U.S. Asian Wars: From Indochina to Afghanistan

27

(12)

Indochina, Colombia, and Afghanistan: Emerging Patterns

39

(20)

The Origins of the Drug Proxy Strategy: The KMT, Burma, and U.S. Organized Crime

59

(12)

Part II: Colombia, Cocaine, and Oil (2001)

The United States and Oil in Colombia

71

(14)

The CIA and Drug Traffickers in Colombia

85

(12)

The Need to Disengage from Colombia

97

(12)

Part III: Indochina, Opium, and Oil (from The War Conspiracy, 1972)

Overview: Public, Private, and Covert Political Power

109

(10)

CAT/Air America, 1950--1970

119

(28)

Laos, 1959--1970

147

(20)

Cambodia and Oil, 1970

167

(18)

Opium, the China Lobby, and the CIA

185

(24)

A Deep Politics Bibliography

209

(4)

Index

213

(14)

About the Author

227

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