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Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Cocaine Explosion Hardcover - 1998
by Gary Webb; Foreword by Maxine Waters
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- Title Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Cocaine Explosion
- Author Gary Webb; Foreword by Maxine Waters
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 592
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Seven Stories Press, New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date 1998-06-09
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9781888363685 / 1888363681
- Weight 2.05 lbs (0.93 kg)
- Dimensions 9.28 x 6.32 x 1.8 in (23.57 x 16.05 x 4.57 cm)
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 97052612
- Dewey Decimal Code 363.450
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Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion
by Webb, Gary (Signed); Waters, Maxine (Foreword)
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New York: Seven Stories Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1998. First Printing. Hardcover. 1888363681 . Signed and inscribed by Gary Webb upon half-title page. "Shows how the L.A. crack market flourished through a breathtaking combination of government negligence, greed, and criminal conduct... Demonstrates that U.S. government agencies, including the CIA, DEA and FBI, were aware of the activities of this well-connected drug network and did little or nothing to stop it. Indeed, in several instances documented here, the Justice Department, the CIA, and the secret National Security Council unit run by Oliver North, took extraordinary steps to protect the ring from public exposure. In the final chapters Webb reveals the conflict that led to his newspaper's stunning repudiation of its own series - and at what cost he stood by his story." - dust jacket. xxviii, 548 pages. Footnotes, glossary and index. Webb was found dead in his home in 2004 with two gunshot wounds…
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