The Politics Of Heroin In Southeast Asia

(Written by Alfred W. McCoy, 1972)

No trip to the Golden Triangle would be complete without understanding the United State’s government & the CIA’s complicity in the opium & heroin trade in Southeast Asia. Few writers have done a better job exposing this connection than historian Alfred W. McCoy’s explosive journalistic deep dive The Politics Of Heroin In Southeast Asia. Causing a media firestorm upon its release due to its revelations (with the CIA trying to stop its release) this non-fiction book remains the gold standard in investigative journalism on the American empire & one of the first books to truly expose the US government’s culpability in drug trafficking, illegal coups, & murder, willing to use any means to dominate global regions for its own ends – no matter the cost. Spanning the end of World War II – largely considered one of the only just wars – to the Vietnam war, the book chronicles the United State’s direct involvement not only in trafficking drugs from the Golden Triangle, but how Air America directly transported the drugs for shadow military operations with the proceeds funding further overseas conflict off the books. This black book operation’s effects would ripple from a growing opioid epidemic in the United States to a destabilization of Vietnam that would cause the death of thousands & impact millions. We’re proud to present Alfred W. McCoy’s masterpiece, an exposes the depths of evil the imperialists will go to fund their clandestine plans – even if congress won’t foot the bill – & even if it destroys civilians here & abroad.