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More copies of this ISBNBad Neighbor Policy: Washington's Futile War on Drugs in Latin Americaby Ted Galen Carpenter
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments: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. Book News Annotation:In this scathing attack on the United States' "War on Drugs" in Latin
America, Carpenter (Vice President for Defense and Foreign Policy
Studies, Cato Institute) pronounces the policy to have given rise to
a rising tide of corruption and violence and a growing hostility
among Latin Americans towards their own governments and the United
States. He describes the roots of the policy in the Nixon years,
examines its expansion and militarization under the George H. W. Bush
and Bill Clinton, and looks at the possibilities for spreading
violence in Colombia and Mexico because of the policy. He also
devotes one chapter to discussion of the domestic consequences of the
Drug War, urging the abandonment of prohibitionist strategies
throughout the Americas.
Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) 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 was 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. Ending the prohibitionist system would produce numerous benefits for both Latin American societies and the U.S. In a book deriving from his work at the Cato Institute, Carpenter paints a picture of this ongoing fiasco. Synopsis:Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-266) and index.
About the AuthorTed Galen Carpenter is Vice President for Defense and Foreign Policy Studies at the Cato Institute in Washington, D.C. He is the author of The Captive Press, among other titles. Table of ContentsThirty years of failure — Forging the Bad Neighbor policy : the drug war from Nixon to Reagan — Escalating and militarizing the drug war : the Bush and Clinton years — Plan Colombia : a dangerous new phase in the drug war — A mix of flawed strategies — Washington's 'ugly American" tactics — Reaping the whirlwind : consequences to Latin American societies — Mexico : the next Colombia? — Polluting the republic: the drug war at home — A blueprint for peace : ending the war on drugs.
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