"The drug arsenal of the civilized world" : WWII and the origins of US-led international drug control -- "Resources for freedom" : American drug commodities in the postwar world -- Raw materialism : exporting drug control to the Andes -- The alchemy of empire : drugs and development in the Americas -- The chemical cold war : drugs and policing in the new world order.
Summary
"This history of US-led international drug control provides new perspectives on the economic, ideological, and political foundations of a Cold War American empire. US officials assumed the helm of international drug control after World War II at a moment of unprecedented geopolitical influence embodied in the growing economic clout of its pharmaceutical industry."--Back cover.