- Mass Market Paperback: 1201 pages
- Publisher: Dell Pub Co; Reprint edition (Aug 1987)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0440192064
- ISBN-13: 978-0440192060
- Product Dimensions: 18 x 11.7 x 4.6 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 670,172 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The true story of the underground empire of crime detailing a world of men and women who engage massivley in every crime conceivable including murder, kidnapping, subversion, but chiefly in narcotics trafficking. In this work, revealing true identities, the author centres his narrative on three kings of the empire: Alberto Sicilia-Falcan, a homicidal and homosexual, devil-worshipping Cuban, ruler of the Mexican drug trade; David Steinberg, a young American entrepreneur who, at the age of 30, was earning a million dollars a day from marijuana; and Lu Hsu-Shui, a reclusive Chinese responsible for most of the heroin trade from south-east Asia. These men dealt at the highest levels, even with presidents of nations, and they had the financial power to buy their own armies, diplomats, intelligence services, banks, merchant fleets and airlines. James Milles worked from the inside of Centrac (the US government agency set up to combat multi-national drug networks) for five years, and he had access to both documents from, and personnel of, Centrac. He worked with agents, prosecutors, informants and in many cases, the criminals themselves.
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24 of 25 people found the following review helpful
Captivating and revealing look at the US war on drugs.
6 July 1998
Format:Hardcover
This book was recommended to me by a DEA agent. When I opened the cover, I stepped into another world, and when I emerged, I could no longer take seriously such presidential pronouncements to "Just Say No" or "read my lips." Later, I encountered a "friend" who had been in jail with one of the major individuals featured in the book. He told me that the convicted drug dealer had discussed the book and proclaimed that his part of the story had been reported accurately, except for the amount of money he'd been caught with. Evidently, DEA agents turned in $1M of drug money found in his trunk. He said there was at least $3M. Such corruption, I discovered upon reading the book, was more the rule rather than the exception. The book moved me to write my congressman, who admitted he had never even heard of the secret drug enforcement organization detailed in the book. And when Reagan and Ollie North were getting roasted about "guns for hostages," I laughed. If the American people knew about the drug deals our government oversaw (and I'm sure continues to oversee) to prop up "U.S. causes" in other countries, as well as our own, they also would have found the affair amusing. This book opened my eyes and blasted my naivete regarding our government's involvement in the dark underworld of illegal drugs. It will do the same for you. James Mills has written a remarkable book, and he had sense enough not to overwrite and allow this astounding story to speak for itself.
14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Everyone should read this book.
25 Jun 1999
Format:Hardcover
And I do mean everyone, absolutely everyone. Yes, it's huge, one of the thickest paperbacks I've ever seen. But every single page, indeed every paragraph, hums with Mills's hyperefficient prose, propelled by the astonishing story. Every single person in the United States should read this book. And then we should tell our political leaders we've read it, and that we know better to believe their posturing and BS any more. THEN we'd see some results. Does that sound like an impossible exaggeration? Well... go read this book, then come back and see if you still have any doubts. This is a must read to top other must reads -- far and away one of the most staggering books I've ever read. Bravo to all.
15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
The most intellectual and realistic book on illegal drugs
20 Jun 2002
Format:Hardcover
Wow, this book should be required reading for an educated adult, this could be used as a university text. This book is hard hitting, realistic and well written about the illegal trade and alliances between Narco-trafficers and governments, whether willing or not. This book exposes the facades and uncovers startling and incredible truths about the impact of illegal drugs on America that the mainstream media just glosses over. I wish this book was still in print. There needs to be more investigative reporting like this to resurrect journalism.
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