Through the Past Darkly: The Politics and Policies of America's Drug War
- 14 October 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of Policy History
- Vol. 3 (4) , 5-41
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0898030600007417
Abstract
Drug wars. Few topics generate more ccontroversy or provoke more debate. Few topics conjure up more futile and dismal images among the American population. Few topics are more synonymous with defeat. Never has our government been mired in a conflict so enduring or fought against an enemy so utterly impossible to conquer. For seventy-five years—nearly four times longer than both World Wars, Korea, and Vietnam combined—the federal government has been waging an endless war against seemingly impossible odds.Keywords
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