Cocaine Nation: How the White Trade Took Over the World

Feiling, Thomas

ISBN 10: 160598101X / ISBN 13: 9781605981017

Edité par Pegasus Books, 2010

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Synopsis :

Cocaine is big business and getting bigger. Governments spend millions on a losing war against it, yet it's still the drug of choice in the West. How did the cocaine economy become so massive? Who keeps it running behind the scenes?In Cocaine Nation, Tom Feiling travels the trade routes from Colombia via Miami, Kingston and Tijuana to London and New york. he meets Medellin hitmen, U.S. kingpins, Brazilian traffickers, and talks to soldiers and narcotics officers who fight the gangs and cartels. He traces cocaine's progress from legal 'pick-me-up' to luxury product to global commodity, looks at legalization programs in countries such as Switzerland, and shows how America's anti-drugs crusade is actually increasing demand. Cutting through the myths about the white trade, this is the story of cocaine as it's never been told before.

À propos de l'auteur: Tom Feiling is an award-winning documentary filmmaker. He spent a year working in South America where he made Resistencia: Hip-Hop in Colombia, which won numerous awards at film festivals around the world. He now lives in London where he is a director for &;Justice for Colombia,&; which defends human rights in Colombia. Cocaine Nation is his first book.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Cocaine Nation: How the White Trade Took ...
Éditeur : Pegasus Books
Date d'édition : 2010
Reliure : Hardcover
Etat : Very Good
Etat de la jaquette : No Jacket