Cocaine Quagmire: Implementing the U.S. Anti-Drug Policy in the North Andes-Colombia

By Sewall H. Menzel

Book Overview

Written from the perspective of a former active participant in the U.S. anti-drug policy formulation and implementation efforts, Cocaine Quagmire is an in-depth analysis of why the U.S. drug war in Colombia is failing. While frequent anti-drug battles are won, dynamic socioeconomic and political factors have created a quagmire of countervailing obstacles leading to strategic foreign policy defeat in the North Andes. The Clinton Administration focused on combating narcotrafficking and yet misunderstood how a strong international demand and immense profits provide the basic incentives that keep the Colombian cocaine traffickers in business. This book is important in that it fills a significant gap in our knowledge of U.S. foreign policy and its application in the drug wars of the South American country of Colombia.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761816437
• ISBN13: 9780761816430
• Release Date: March 2000
• Publisher: University Press of America
• Length: 232 Pages

Customer Reviews

A first class book

The United States war on drugs is a failure. This book is a comprehensive and objective analysis of American efforts to combat the flow of drugs into our nation. The author is meticulous, his research is outstanding and the conclusions are solid.