Introduction PART I Setting the stage 1 Drugs through the ages to 1920 PART II Establishing the system 2 Laying the foundation—1919–25 3 Completing the edifice—1925–31 PART III Work in progress 4 Against the tide—1931–39 5 Preservation, perseverance, promise—1939–46 6 Trouble in paradise—1945–53 7 The long march to the Single Convention—1953–61 PART IV The regime challenged 8 Crucible—1961–73 9 Crosscurrents—1972–2000
William B. McAllister is Lecturer in History and Faculty Consultant at the Teaching Resource Center at the University of Virginia.
'McAllister brings a wry humour to his subject. The book is
indispensable to understanding the drug controls and policing of
the world in 2000.' - Richard Davenport-Hines, London Review of
Books
'McAllister's book is a groundbreaking and welcome addition to
literature on the drug trade and its regulation ... required
reading for scholars and policy makers interested in the drug
issue.' - Millennium
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