Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine...

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 608 pages
• Published by: Seven Stories Press
• Edition: 2nd Edition July 1, 2003
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 1888363932
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-1888363937
• Book Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.9 x 1.3 inches
• Weighs: 1.7 pounds

Reader Reviews
This review is from: Dark Alliance : The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion (Hardcover) How did this happen to Gary webb? A prize winning reporter,a middle of the road news reporter from a conservative stable backround suddenly becomes the pariah of the press? I read this book with great trepidition,seeing the JFK conspiracy folks running around ...well, i was surprised, shocked,horrified.Perhaps i shouldnt have been...Mr Webb ahs laid out, simply, forcibly a case so damning that most simply wont look.The case he sets forth is so damning infact, that if true, and I think it is, then we need to overhaul our entire system. The absurd "war on drugs'[which doesnt really exist,except in political newspeak]is shattered by Mr Webb in the first 100 pages. 3 administrations,and countless pols either ignored or knew what was happening. Oliver North comes off none too well, though he is an easy target, and not even close to one of the important folks here. This is a searing piece of journalism,and one wonders why My Webb has been consigned to the far left by the celebrated organs of media, THe NY TIMES, THE WASHINGTO POST and The LA TIMES?. When these 3 folks stand up to criticise at once, well, i smell soemthing...where is the uproar from the 'mainstream press' ?After all, I thought the war on drugs was a family values issue. One of the most disturbing books I have ever read. Comment (1) | | (Report this)