US Foreign Policy and the War on Drugs

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"This book explores how US foreign policy has exacerbated the global drug problem. It analyses a crucial side effect of coercive US strategies on farmers, traffickers and governments: the geographic displacement of the cocaine and heroin industry. This volume thus offers an original explanation of the adaptability of drug markets to state pressure. Using IR theory, the book highlights the negative consequences of policies that rely on coercion."--BOOK JACKET.

subjects: Drug control,  Heroin,  United states, foreign relations, 20th century,  United states, foreign relations, 21st century,  Cocaine,  History,  Cocaine industry,  Government policy,  Heroin industry,  Foreign relations