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A Trojan horse: Anti-communism and the war on drugs - Crime, Law and Social Change

  • ️Block, Alan A.
  • ️Thu Mar 01 1990

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This work argues the U.S. “War on Drugs” is a misnomer. We suggest, instead, that it is secondary to traditional anti-Communist foreign policy concerns. Thus, “the war on drugs” serves to mask the U.S. counter-intelligence and paramilitary presence abroad.

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  1. Administration of Justice, 917 Oswald Tower, 16802, University Park, PA, U.S.A

    Bruce Bullington & Alan A. Block

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Bullington, B., Block, A.A. A Trojan horse: Anti-communism and the war on drugs. Contemporary Crises 14, 39–55 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00728225

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  • Issue Date: March 1990

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00728225

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