Sebastián Antonino Cutrona is a professor at Universidad Nacional de La Rioja, Argentina. His research interests mainly consist in Latin American politics, organized crime and drug trafficking.

• Table of ContentsList of FiguresList of TablesIntroduction: The U.S. counter-narcotics strategy in the AmericasChapter 1: The emergence and consolidation of the Standard Security Model: Exploring the Colombian caseChapter 2: 1983-1989: The Alfonsín administrationChapter 3: 1989-1999: The Menem administrationChapter 4: 1999-2015: The Kirchners’ administrationsChapter 5: The drug-problem today Conclusions: Lessons from devianceEpilogue: The Macri administrationIndex

"There is remarkably little written in English on how the U.S.-sponsored international "war on drugs" has played out in Argentina. This timely book helps to fill this huge gap, appropriately framing the case in regional comparative perspective." - Peter Andreas, Brown University, Author of Smuggler Nation: How Illicit Trade Made America"Cutrona's superbly researched and well written study of drug policies in Argentina is a pioneering work on this understudied subject in the Southern Cone countries and required reading for anyone - the general public, students and specialists alike - interested in the growing problems of drug consumption, drug trafficking, and drug-related crime, violence and corruption in his country." - Bruce M. Bagley, University of Miami

Sebastián Antonino Cutrona is a professor at Universidad Nacional de La Rioja, Argentina. His research interests mainly consist in Latin American politics, organized crime and drug trafficking.

• Table of ContentsList of FiguresList of TablesIntroduction: The U.S. counter-narcotics strategy in the AmericasChapter 1: The emergence and consolidation of the Standard Security Model: Exploring the Colombian caseChapter 2: 1983-1989: The Alfonsín administrationChapter 3: 1989-1999: The Menem administrationChapter 4: 1999-2015: The Kirchners’ administrationsChapter 5: The drug-problem today Conclusions: Lessons from devianceEpilogue: The Macri administrationIndex

"There is remarkably little written in English on how the U.S.-sponsored international "war on drugs" has played out in Argentina. This timely book helps to fill this huge gap, appropriately framing the case in regional comparative perspective." - Peter Andreas, Brown University, Author of Smuggler Nation: How Illicit Trade Made America"Cutrona's superbly researched and well written study of drug policies in Argentina is a pioneering work on this understudied subject in the Southern Cone countries and required reading for anyone - the general public, students and specialists alike - interested in the growing problems of drug consumption, drug trafficking, and drug-related crime, violence and corruption in his country." - Bruce M. Bagley, University of Miami

Sebastián Antonino Cutrona is a professor at Universidad Nacional de La Rioja, Argentina. His research interests mainly consist in Latin American politics, organized crime and drug trafficking.

• Table of ContentsList of FiguresList of TablesIntroduction: The U.S. counter-narcotics strategy in the AmericasChapter 1: The emergence and consolidation of the Standard Security Model: Exploring the Colombian caseChapter 2: 1983-1989: The Alfonsín administrationChapter 3: 1989-1999: The Menem administrationChapter 4: 1999-2015: The Kirchners’ administrationsChapter 5: The drug-problem today Conclusions: Lessons from devianceEpilogue: The Macri administrationIndex

"There is remarkably little written in English on how the U.S.-sponsored international "war on drugs" has played out in Argentina. This timely book helps to fill this huge gap, appropriately framing the case in regional comparative perspective." - Peter Andreas, Brown University, Author of Smuggler Nation: How Illicit Trade Made America"Cutrona's superbly researched and well written study of drug policies in Argentina is a pioneering work on this understudied subject in the Southern Cone countries and required reading for anyone - the general public, students and specialists alike - interested in the growing problems of drug consumption, drug trafficking, and drug-related crime, violence and corruption in his country." - Bruce M. Bagley, University of Miami