Cocaine Nation: How the White Trade Took Over the World

Cocaine Nation: How the White Trade Took Over the World
ISBN-10
1605987565
ISBN-13
9781605987569
Category
History
Pages
356
Language
English
Published
2012-02-15
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Author
Thomas Feiling

Description

Cutting through the myths about the white trade, this is the story of cocaine as it's never been told before. Cocaine is big business and getting bigger. Governments spend millions on a losing war against it, yet it’s still the drug of choice in the West. In Cocaine Nation, Tom Feiling travels the trade routes from Colombia via Miami, Kingston, and Tijuana to London and New York. Cutting through the myths about the white trade, this is the story of cocaine as it’s never been told before.

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