The Strength of the Wolf
Subtitle: The Secret History of America's War on Drugs
Publisher: Verso
Published: May 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9781859845684
Subjects: Central government; Crime & criminology; Drug addiction & substance abuse; Inter-war period, 1918-1939; Second World War, 1939-1945; c 1945 to c 1960; c 1960 to c 1970; History - U.S.; Drug Crimes; Intelligence Agencies; Sociology - General; Social Science; Political History; Sociology; USA; United States - 20th Century; Drug control; United States; Penology; Bureau of Narcotics; Drug traffic; History; Narcotics, Control of
First sentence: The best way to begin this book is with an account of the Treasury Department's investigation of Arnold Rothstein's worldwide drug-smuggling operation.