{"product_id":"agency-of-fear-opiates-and-political-power-in-america-paperback","title":"Agency of Fear: Opiates and Political Power in America - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEdward Jay Epstein\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePresident Bush has made the war against drugs the number one issue on the contemporary American political agenda. In this revised edition of his classic book, available for the first time in paperback, Edward Jay Epstein argues that the president has adopted the strategy of his forebear, Richard Nixon, in using the drugs war to blame foreigners for the crisis in America's cities, and to provide a smokescreen for unrelated political activity designed to bolster executive power. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe drugs crackdown has seen an almost hundredfold increase in the federal budget for narco-politics in the fifteen years since \u003ci\u003eAgency of Fear\u003c\/i\u003e was first published, while statistics on drug-running have been massaged. Epstein points out that, despite the massive budgets and public relations brouhaha, drug importation, as measured against wholesale price, has in fact grown.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdward Jay Epstein\u003c\/b\u003e's books include \u003ci\u003eAgency of Fear: Opiates and Political Power in America\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Deception: The Invisible War Between the CIA and the KGB\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Rise and Fall of Diamonds\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Inquest: The Warren Commission and the Establishment of Truth \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e News from Nowhere.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 362\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.78 x 9.23 x 6.18 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 17, 1990\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42129996120199,"sku":"9780860915294","price":34.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/2380e92d52eb3f0ce87f1b2c4bebc349.webp?v=1732607441","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/agency-of-fear-opiates-and-political-power-in-america-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}