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Like other cultural myths that emerged from the war, the concept of an addicted army was first advanced by war hawks seeking a scapegoat for the failure of U.S. policies in Vietnam, in this case one that could be linked to permissive liberal social policies and the excesses of the counterculture. But conservatives were not alone. Ironically, the author shows, elements of the antiwar movement also promoted the myth, largely because of a presumed alliance between Asian drug traffickers and the Central Intelligence Agency. While this claim was not without foundation, as new archival evidence confirms, the left exaggerated the scope of addiction for its own political purposes. Exploiting bipartisan concern over the perceived drug crisis, the Nixon administration in the early 1970s launched a bold new program of federal antidrug measures, especially in the international realm.
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- Author : Jeremy Kuzmarov
- Publisher : Culture and Politics in the Company
- Genre : History
- Total Pages : 0 pages
- ISBN : 9781558497054
- Release Date : 19 May 2024
- PDF File Size : 34,8 Mb
- Language : English
- Rating : 4/5 from 21 reviews
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