Through the Past Darkly
The Politics and Policies of America's Drug War
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12178145 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John C Mcwilliams (Pennsylvania State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1991 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 5-41 |
| Publication date | 1991-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Policy History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0898-0306 • E-ISSN: 1528-4190 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0898030600007417 |
| OpenAlex | W1966281771 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 16 |
Drug wars. Few topics generate more ccontroversy or provoke more debate. Few topics conjure up more futile and dismal images among the American population. Few topics are more synonymous with defeat. Never has our government been mired in a conflict so enduring or fought against an enemy so utterly impossible to conquer. For seventy-five years—nearly four times longer than both World Wars, Korea, and Vietnam combined—the federal government has been waging an endless war against seemingly impossible odds
Adversary · Development economics · Economic history · Economics · Government (linguistics · Odds · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Population · Sociology · Spanish Civil War · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance · Demography · History · Law · Medicine · Philosophy
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| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.25 |
| Citation span | 1994 - 2022 (29) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |