Bad Neighbor Policy : Washington's Futile War on Drugs in Latin America

Carpenter, Ted Galen

ISBN 10: 1403961379 / ISBN 13: 9781403961372

Published by St. Martin's Press, 2003

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Bad Neighbor Policy : Washington's Futile War on Drugs in Latin America
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1403961379
• ISBN 13: 9781403961372
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: good

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Synopsis

The domestic phase of Washington's war on drugs has received considerable criticism over the years from a variety of individuals. Until recently, however, most critics have not stressed the damage that the international phase of the drug war has done to our Latin American neighbors. That lack of attention has begun to change and Ted Carpenter chronicles our disenchantment with the hemispheric drug war. Some prominent Latin American political leaders have finally dared to criticize Washington while at the same time, the U.S. government seems determined to perpetuate, if not intensify, the antidrug crusade. Spending on federal antidrug measures also continues to increase, and the tactics employed by drug war bureaucracy, both here and abroad, bring the inflammatory "drug war" metaphor closer to reality. Ending the prohibitionist system would produce numerous benefits for both Latin American societies and the United States. In a book deriving from his work at the CATO Institute, Ted Carpenter paints a picture of this ongoing fiasco.

About the Author

Ted Galen Carpenter is Vice President for Defense and Foreign Policy Studies at the Cato Institute in Washington, DC. He is the author of The Captive Press, among other titles.