Based on a series of explosive articles written for the "San Jose Mercury News", this book uncovers the roots of the crack cocaine epidemic in America, revealing connections between a Bay Area drug ring, an L.A. street gang, and CIA-backed Nicaraguan Contras. of photos. Charts.
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Based on a series of explosive articles written for the "San Jose Mercury News", this book uncovers the roots of the crack cocaine epidemic in America, revealing connections between a Bay Area drug ring, an L.A. street gang, and CIA-backed Nicaraguan Contras. of photos. Charts.
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Add this copy of Dark Alliance: the Cia, the Contras, and the Crack to cart. $425.00, very good condition, Sold by Ground Zero Books, Ltd. rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Silver Spring, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1999 by Seven Stories Press.
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Very good. 574 pages. Wraps, illus., notes on sources, glossary, index. Inscribed by the author. Signed copies are very scarce. Foreword by Congresswoman Maxine Waters. The author, a Pulitzer Prize-winner, died in December 2004, from two gunshot wounds to the head, said to be self-inflicted. This work was based upon a 20, 000 word, three-part investigative series published by the San Jose Mercury, which alleged that Nicaraguan drug traffickers had sold and distributed crack cocaine in Los Angeles during the 1980's, and that the drug profits were used to fund the CIA-supported Nicaraguan Contras. Drawing on declassified CIA documents and extensive interviews with drug dealers and drug lords, Webb reported on the corruption and ultimate responsibility of the CIA for the drug trafficking that plagues the United States.
Add this copy of Dark Alliance: the Cia, the Contras, and the Crack to cart. $290.00, good condition, Sold by Found Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from AUSTIN, TX, UNITED STATES, published 1998 by Seven Stories Press.
Add this copy of Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Cocaine to cart. $499.00, like new condition, Sold by Bronze Books rated 1.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Victorville, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1998 by Seven Stories Press.
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Fine in fine dust jacket. Signed by author. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 592 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. Publisher: Seven Stories Press, 1998 Seven Stories Press, 1998-06-09. Hardcover. Fine in Fine DJ. Rare copy signed by the author on the half title page. Stated First Edition. Clean with no additional marks or inscriptions. Book is straight, clean & tight. Almost new. First edition. Signed by the author who tragically took his own life because of the grief the negative feedback he suffered due to this book..
Add this copy of Dark Alliance: the Cia, the Contras, and the Crack to cart. $2,503.00, very good condition, Sold by RareNonFiction, ships from Ladysmith, BC, CANADA, published 1998 by Seven Stories Press.
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Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 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 to his head. Curiously, his death was ruled a suicide. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Dust jacket preserved in glossy new archival-grade mylar. A quality signed copy of this heroic work.; 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall; Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion Conspiracy California Los Angeles Habit Counterrevolutionaries Nicaragua United States Central Intelligence Agency Black African Americans Social Destruction Investigative Journalism; Signed by Author(s)
