The first book to prove CIA and U.S. government complicity in global
drug trafficking, The Politics of Heroin includes meticulous
documentation of dishonesty and dirty dealings at the highest levels
from the Cold War until today. Maintaining a global perspective, this
groundbreaking study details the mechanics of drug trafficking in Asia,
Europe, the Middle East, and South and Central America. New chapters
detail U.S. involvement in the narcotics trade in Afghanistan and
Pakistan before and after the fall of the Taliban, and how U.S. drug
policy in Central America and Colombia has increased the global supply
of illicit drugs.