Alfred McCoy
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| Alfred McCoy link Amazon Sourcewatch Spartacus (Academic, historian, researcher) | |
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| Born | 8 June 1945 |
| Interests | global drug trade, South East Asia, CIA/Drug trafficking, Philippines/History, CIA/Torture |
Professor Alfred W. McCoy is a friend of Peter Dale Scott. He is an expert on the global drug trade, with a special focus on South East Asia.[1]
Publications
- 1972 - The Politics of Heroin in Southeast Asia, one of the first exposes of drug trafficking by the CIA. McCoy reports that the US deep state tried and failed to suppress its publication, but were unsuccessful after since his academic supervisor, Bernhard Dahm, was not susceptible to pressure.[2]
- 2006 - A Question of Torture: CIA Interrogation, from the Cold War to the War on Terror
- 2012 - Torture and Impunity - exploring the political and cultural dynamics of America’s post 9/11 debate over interrogation.[3]