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DESCRIPTION:-\n\nPeter Dale Scott\nMrs. Dalloway's bookstore, Berkeley\nThursday, 
 January 13, 7:30 p.m. \n\nPeter Dale Scott reads from _American War 
 Machine: Deep Politics, the CIA Global Drug Connection, and the Road to 
 Afghanistan_. (Rowman & Littlefield, $34.95) This provocative, thoroughly 
 researched book explores the covert aspects of U.S. foreign policy. 
 Prominent political analyst Scott marshals compelling evidence to expose 
 the extensive growth of sanctioned but illicit violence in politics and 
 state affairs, especially when related to America's long-standing 
 involvement with the global drug traffic. \n\nBeginning with Thailand in 
 the 1950s, Americans have become inured to the CIA's alliances with drug 
 traffickers (and their bankers) to install and sustain right-wing 
 governments. The pattern has repeated itself in Laos, Vietnam, Italy, 
 Mexico, Thailand, Nigeria, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Chile, Panama, 
 Honduras, Turkey, Pakistan, and now Afghanistan--to name only those 
 countries dealt with in this book. \n\nScott shows that the relationship of 
 U.S. intelligence operators and agencies to the global drug traffic, and to 
 other international criminal networks, deserves greater attention in the 
 debate over the U.S. presence in Afghanistan. To date, America's government 
 and policies have done more to foster than to curtail the drug trade. The 
 so-called "war on terror", and in particular the war in Afghanistan, 
 constitutes only the latest chapter in this disturbing story.\n\n"With 
 exhaustive research and extremely persuasive  arguments, Scott seeks to 
 prove that the funding  and motivation behind America's assertion of global 
 supremacy can be  traced to drugs.  By looking at covert activity and 
 recorded history through the lens of American global  dominance, Scott 
 makes a terrifyingly compelling case; he asks  readers to consider what 
 actions taken in the last 50 years have not  benefited America's 
 military-industrial complex, such an integral part of the global economy. . 
 . . His carefully structured arguments never fail to interest or disturb." 
 -- Kirkus (starred 
 review)\n\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nPeter 
 Dale Scott, a former Canadian diplomat and professor emeritus at UC 
 Berkeley, is a leading political analyst and poet. His most recent book is 
 are The Road to 9/11. A recipient of a Lannan Poetry Award, he can be found 
 at www.peterdalescott.net.\n\n\n________________________________\nposted by 
 JA\n\n\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/01/13/18669067.php
SUMMARY:Peter Dale Scott at Mrs. Dalloway's bookstore in Berkeley
LOCATION:Mrs. Dalloway's bookstore\n2904 College Avenue \n(almost 1 block north of 
 Ashby Avenue, \non the west side of the street)\nBerkeley, CA\n\nBetween 
 Ashby Avenue and Russell Street. In addition to street parking, there is 
 parking in a designated lot behind the store, reached by turning west on 
 Russell Street from College Avenue. 
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/01/13/18669067.php
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