The drug-laden balloon: U.S. military assistance and coca production in the Central Andes

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 540-557

  Rouse, Stella M ^a   Arce, Moises ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33746830459     PISSN: 00384941     EISSN: 15406237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6237.2006.00395.x     Document Type: Article

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