Trojan Horse: Anti-communism and the War on Drugs

• NCJ Number: 123804
• Journal: Contemporary Crises Volume: 14 Issue: 1 Dated: (March 1990) Pages: 39-55
• Author(s): B Bullington; A A Block
• Date Published: 1990
• Length: 17 pages
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Research (Theoretical)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This work argues that the U.S. "War on Drugs" is a misnomer.

Abstract

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. counterintelligence and paramilitary presence abroad. 58 notes. (Author abstract)