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Smack! by the Editors of Ramparts and Frank Browning

Smack! by the Editors of Ramparts and Frank Browning

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Book Specifications
  • Format: Paperback
  • Condition: Very Good
  • Publisher: Harper & Row (1972)
  • Length: 212 pages
  • Genre: History
  • Ships within 1–2 business days. Carefully packaged for safe delivery.

A 1970s Investigative True Crime Exposé of the Heroin Trade, Golden Triangle, and Drug Policy

The investigative staff of Ramparts magazine and journalist Frank Browning present a groundbreaking 1972 exposé on the global heroin trade. The volume traces international smuggling routes from the Golden Triangle in Southeast Asia through Marseilles, France (the French Connection) to American cities, analyzing law enforcement corruption and federal drug enforcement policies.

Why You’ll Love This Book

Frank Browning and Ramparts deliver a seminal work of 1970s investigative journalism on organized crime and narcotics enforcement. Essential for readers of Alfred W. McCoy, Roberto Saviano, and Misha Glenny.

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