Dark alliance
Subtitle: the CIA, the Contras, and the crack cocaine explosion
By: Gary Webb
Publisher: Seven Stories Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 574
ISBN-13: 9781609806217
Subjects: United States; Crack (Drug); Cocaine abuse; United States. Central Intelligence Agency; Counterrevolutionaries
Description: "Presents the results of journalist Gary Webb's investigation into the roots of the crack cocaine epidemic in South Central Los Angeles--a story that cost him his job after he uncovered evidence that links the U.S. government and the CIA-backed Nicaraguan contras with drug profits"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.