Chapter 1 Introduction: Men in the Shadows Chapter 2 Bureaucrats Chapter 3 Merchants Chapter 4 Monopolies Chapter 5 Noveaux Riches Chapter 6 Europeans Chapter 7 Warlords Chapter 8 Soldiers of Fortune Chapter 9 Spies Chapter 10 Americans Chapter 11 Communists Chapter 12 The Myth of Conspiracy
Kathryn Meyer is assistant professor of history at Wright State University. Terry Parssinen is professor of history at the University of Tampa in Florida.
Compact, well-documented. . . . Provide[s] persuasive evidence that
the war on drugs has never worked well and that new approaches must
be tried.
*The Review of Higher Education*
An extraordinary history of international narcotics trafficking in
the 1900s.
*Crime and Justice International*
A most original interpretation of international drug trafficking
based on extensive research in western and Asian sources. . . .
Highly recommended—a bold contribution.
*David Courtwright, University of North Florida*
Meyer and Parssinen write with exceptional clarity, covering
material that has never been adequately addressed. Together, they
have written a masterful account of the development of
international drug trafficking and this century's long battle with
it.
*Alan Block, The Pennsylvania State University*
This book makes an important contribution to the drug debate by
presenting the history of the modern drug trade and the parallel
law enforcement efforts in a fully textured and balanced way. It
probes motives and examines structures. It follows trafficking
organizations from their creation to their demise.
*Jack A. Blum, former special counsel, Senate Foreign Relations
Committee*
Webs of Smoke is a remarkable account of twentieth-century drug
trafficking and smuggling. Meyer and Parssinen have found
documentation—some only recently declassified—that reveals a
fascinating picture of the organization, techniques, and fate of
dealers in illicit drugs.
*David Musto, Yale University*
Meyer and Parssinen have put together an authoritative and
well-documented account of the history of world traffic in illicit
narcotics in the first half of the twentieth century.
*Library Journal*
Meyer and Parssinen contribute a great deal to our understanding of
the nature of the relationship between drug traffickers and
political leaders, which was often ambiguous and more flexible than
may be imagined at first glance. . . . This study is not only a
major contribution to historical scholarship on international drug
traffic; it is also an absorbing story filled with fascinating
characters. . . . This is a first-rate study that merits a wide
readership.
*American Historical Review*
A broad and thought-provoking book.
*The Copenhagen Journal Of Asian Studies*
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