Drug War: Covert Money, Power & Policy

by Dan Russell and Dan Russell

The definitive, and most entertaining, general history of the Drug War. 420 photos illustrate 675 annotated & indexed pages. "Drug War epitomizes such books as Alexander Cockburn’s Whiteout, Alfred... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0965025349
• ISBN13: 9780965025348
• Release Date: September 2000
• Publisher: Kalyx.com
• Length: 675 Pages
• Weight: 2.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Great book

The book is not an easy read but the content is far better than the pro-government rhetoric that is out there in the War on Drugs. This should be a must read for political science students. Bear with the author and the writing style and you will be educated on the real drug war.

A brilliant work

I have just finished reading "Drug War" and can't say enough about the brilliance of this work. I hope it reaches a huge audience and I honestly believe it should be a core text for discussion in the classrooms of the world.

Definitive expose of the fake, sham

Top-notch content. Explains how the drug war is *fake* -- a flimsy invented excuse for persecution for profit and for generating the funny money that the corporate state needs.The War on Drugs has nothing to do with reducing drug use, and everything to do with immoral means on the part of the authorities to gain power and money for themselves, no matter what the cost to others. If the so-called "drug problem" was eliminated today, the prohibition industry would hasten to re-create the "drug problem" as quickly as possible -- their income depends on it. This book follows the money and shows how this evil situation came about.Drug policy reformers especially should read this book, to understand how the leading prohibitionists are incincere. You can't take the prohibitionists seriously after reading this book. They are fakes, actors, manipulators, amoral liars -- con artists. The drug war is revealed as a giant con scheme on the part of the prohibitionists who strive to whip up fear and panic among the gullible public.Covers 19th and 20th century prohibition for profit. A good companion book is Drug Warriors & Their Prey: From Police Power to Police State.This book lacks statements of how the line of argument proceeds through the chapters and sections, but the content is excellent and much needed. Definitely recommended.

solid, comprehensive work

With this book Dan Russell has done us all a great service. The book is not only exhaustively researched, full of fascinating historical information, fully-illustrated and indexed... it's also passionate and even funny! The volume is very high-quality, from the thinking to the binding. I've read a great deal on this subject and I have to say that nothing puts it all together as well as this particular book.