Peter Dale Scott was born in 1929 in Montreal, Canada. A former Canadian diplomat and professor of English at the University of California, Berkeley, he is both a poet and an author of political analysis. His chief prose books include Deep Politics and the Death of JFK, The War Conspiracy, Cocaine Politics, and The Iran-Contra Connection (the last two in collaboration). His most recent book of poetry is Minding the Darkness, completing his trilogy Seculum. In 2002 he was awarded the Lannan Poetry Award. He is married to Ronna Kabatznick, and has three children by his former wife, Maylie Marshall.

Scott, a former Canadian diplomat and current English professor, analyzes an important aspect of U.S. foreign policy. Scott does point to sources and relationships that are often ignored by works relying on standard archival materials.

• Chapter 1 PrefaceChapter 2 Introduction: The Deep Politics of U.S. InterventionsPart 3 Part I: Afghanistan, Heroin, and Oil (2002)Chapter 4 Chapter 1: Drugs and Oil in U.S. Asian Wars: From Indochina to AfghanistanChapter 5 Chapter 2: Indochina, Colombia, and Afghanistan: Emerging PatternsChapter 6 Chapter 3: The Origins of the Drug Proxy Strategy: The KMT, Burma, and U.S. Organized CrimePart 7 Part II: Colombia, Cocaine, and Oil (2001)Chapter 8 Chapter 4: The United States and Oil in ColombiaChapter 9 Chapter 5: The CIA and Drug Traffickers in ColombiaChapter 10 Chapter 6: The Need to Disengage from ColombiaPart 11 Part III: Indochina, Opium, and Oil (From The War Conspiracy, 1972)Chapter 12 Chapter 7: Overview: Public, Private, and Covert Political PowerChapter 13 Chapter 8: CAT/Air America, 1950-1970Chapter 14 Chapter 9: Laos, 1959-1970Chapter 15 Chapter 10: Cambodia and Oil, 1970Chapter 16 Chapter 11: Opium, the China Lobby, and the CIA

Peter Dale Scott was born in 1929 in Montreal, Canada. A former Canadian diplomat and professor of English at the University of California, Berkeley, he is both a poet and an author of political analysis. His chief prose books include Deep Politics and the Death of JFK, The War Conspiracy, Cocaine Politics, and The Iran-Contra Connection (the last two in collaboration). His most recent book of poetry is Minding the Darkness, completing his trilogy Seculum. In 2002 he was awarded the Lannan Poetry Award. He is married to Ronna Kabatznick, and has three children by his former wife, Maylie Marshall.

Scott, a former Canadian diplomat and current English professor, analyzes an important aspect of U.S. foreign policy. Scott does point to sources and relationships that are often ignored by works relying on standard archival materials.

• Chapter 1 PrefaceChapter 2 Introduction: The Deep Politics of U.S. InterventionsPart 3 Part I: Afghanistan, Heroin, and Oil (2002)Chapter 4 Chapter 1: Drugs and Oil in U.S. Asian Wars: From Indochina to AfghanistanChapter 5 Chapter 2: Indochina, Colombia, and Afghanistan: Emerging PatternsChapter 6 Chapter 3: The Origins of the Drug Proxy Strategy: The KMT, Burma, and U.S. Organized CrimePart 7 Part II: Colombia, Cocaine, and Oil (2001)Chapter 8 Chapter 4: The United States and Oil in ColombiaChapter 9 Chapter 5: The CIA and Drug Traffickers in ColombiaChapter 10 Chapter 6: The Need to Disengage from ColombiaPart 11 Part III: Indochina, Opium, and Oil (From The War Conspiracy, 1972)Chapter 12 Chapter 7: Overview: Public, Private, and Covert Political PowerChapter 13 Chapter 8: CAT/Air America, 1950-1970Chapter 14 Chapter 9: Laos, 1959-1970Chapter 15 Chapter 10: Cambodia and Oil, 1970Chapter 16 Chapter 11: Opium, the China Lobby, and the CIA

Peter Dale Scott was born in 1929 in Montreal, Canada. A former Canadian diplomat and professor of English at the University of California, Berkeley, he is both a poet and an author of political analysis. His chief prose books include Deep Politics and the Death of JFK, The War Conspiracy, Cocaine Politics, and The Iran-Contra Connection (the last two in collaboration). His most recent book of poetry is Minding the Darkness, completing his trilogy Seculum. In 2002 he was awarded the Lannan Poetry Award. He is married to Ronna Kabatznick, and has three children by his former wife, Maylie Marshall.

Scott, a former Canadian diplomat and current English professor, analyzes an important aspect of U.S. foreign policy. Scott does point to sources and relationships that are often ignored by works relying on standard archival materials.

• Chapter 1 PrefaceChapter 2 Introduction: The Deep Politics of U.S. InterventionsPart 3 Part I: Afghanistan, Heroin, and Oil (2002)Chapter 4 Chapter 1: Drugs and Oil in U.S. Asian Wars: From Indochina to AfghanistanChapter 5 Chapter 2: Indochina, Colombia, and Afghanistan: Emerging PatternsChapter 6 Chapter 3: The Origins of the Drug Proxy Strategy: The KMT, Burma, and U.S. Organized CrimePart 7 Part II: Colombia, Cocaine, and Oil (2001)Chapter 8 Chapter 4: The United States and Oil in ColombiaChapter 9 Chapter 5: The CIA and Drug Traffickers in ColombiaChapter 10 Chapter 6: The Need to Disengage from ColombiaPart 11 Part III: Indochina, Opium, and Oil (From The War Conspiracy, 1972)Chapter 12 Chapter 7: Overview: Public, Private, and Covert Political PowerChapter 13 Chapter 8: CAT/Air America, 1950-1970Chapter 14 Chapter 9: Laos, 1959-1970Chapter 15 Chapter 10: Cambodia and Oil, 1970Chapter 16 Chapter 11: Opium, the China Lobby, and the CIA