Cocaine Nation: How the White Trade Took Over the World
- ISBN-10
- 1681770040
- ISBN-13
- 9781681770048
- 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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