Copyright © 1998, 1999 by Gary Webb
Foreword © 1998 by Maxine Waters
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Webb, Gary.
Dark alliance: the CIA, the contras, and the crack cocaine explosion / Gary Webb.
p. cm.
ISBN 978-1-888363-68-5
ISBN 978-1-60980-621-7 (pbk)
E-ISBN 978-1-60980-202-8 (e-book)
1. Crack (Drug)—California—Los Angeles. 2. Cocaine habit—California—Los Angeles.
3. Counterrevolutionaries—Nicaragua. 4. United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
I. Title
| HV5833.L67W43 1998 | |
| 363.45'09794—dc21 | 97-52612 |
| CIP |
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