The Lebanese Connection: Corruption, Civil War, and the International Drug Traffic
- ISBN-10
- 0804782563
- ISBN-13
- 9780804782562
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 272
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012-05-16
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Author
- Jonathan Marshall
Description
Long before Mexico, Colombia, and Afghanistan became notorious for their contributions to the global drug traffic, Lebanon was a special target of U.S. drug agents for harboring the world's greatest single transit port in the international traffic in narcotics. In the words of one American official, "certain of the largest traffickers are so influential politically, and certain highly placed officials so deeply involved in the narcotic traffic, that one might well state that the Lebanese Government is in the narcotics business." Using previously secret government records, The Lebanese Connection uncovers for the first time the story of how Lebanon's economy and political system were corrupted by drug profits—and how, by financing its many ruthless militia, Lebanon's drug trade contributed to the country's greatest catastrophe, its fifteen-year civil war from 1975 to 1990. In so doing, this book sheds new light on the dangerous role of vast criminal enterprises in the collapse of states and the creation of war economies that thrive in the midst of civil conflicts. Taking a regional approach to the drug issue, Jonathan Marshall assesses the culpability of Syria, Israel, and of Palestinian factions and other groups that used Lebanon as their battleground. On the international level, he documents Lebanon's contribution to the hard drug problem of major consuming countries, from the days of the "French Connection" through the "Pizza Connection," as well as Lebanon's unrivaled place in the global hashish market.
Get the book
Similar books
-
The Lebanese Connection and Other Stories
By David GibsonThe Lebanese Connection and Other Stories
-
War and Peace in Sierre Leona: Diamonds, Corruption and the Lebanese Connection
By Lansana GberieWar and Peace in Sierre Leona: Diamonds, Corruption and the Lebanese Connection
-
War and Peace in Sierra Leone: Diamonds, Corruption and the Lebanese Connection
By Lansana GberieWar and Peace in Sierra Leone: Diamonds, Corruption and the Lebanese Connection
-
Deadly Connections: States that Sponsor Terrorism
By Daniel BymanAs Benjamin and Simon contend : “ Virtuality has its own advantages . A dispersed group is harder to locate and attack . Some elements will inevitably be identified and arrested , but other parts of the network will not be affected .
-
The Shah of Iran, the Iraqi Kurds, and the Lebanese Shia
By Arash Reisinezhad151 Parsi, Trita, Treacherous Alliance: The Secret Dealings of Israel, Iran, and the United States (Yale University Press, 2007) p. 56; and Randal, Jonathan. After Such Knowledge, What Forgiveness? My Encounters with Kurdistan (London: ...
-
Beirut, Imagining the City: Space and Place in Lebanese Literature
By Ghenwa HayekInstead, the book shows that particular geographical imaginaries have been mobilized to describe, question and debate Lebanese identity since the 1960s and that some go back even further into the late nineteenth century.
-
The Literature of the Lebanese Diaspora: Representations of Place and Transnational Identity
By Jumana BayehPaving the way for new approaches to understanding diasporic literature and identity, this book will be vital for researchers of migration studies and Middle Eastern literature, as well as those interested in the cultures, history and ...
-
The Government and Politics of Lebanon
By Imad SalameyAiming to contribute to the reader’s greater understanding of Lebanese government and politics, this book provides a comprehensive examination of the origin, development, and institutionalization of sectarian consociationalism in Lebanon.
-
The Druze Community and the Lebanese State: Between Confrontation and Reconciliation
By Yusri HazranMoreover, this book examines the extent to which the Druze’s attitude vis-à-vis the Lebanese state has been influenced by their historical rivalry with the Maronites.
-
Beirut 1958: How America's Wars in the Middle East Began
By Bruce RiedelFuture American interventions in the region would not work out quite as well. Bruce Riedel’s new book tells the now-forgotten story (forgotten, that is, in the United States) of the first U.S. combat operation in the Middle East.