Coletta A. Youngers is director of the "Drugs, Democracy, and Human Rights" project at the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA). Prior to joining WOLA in 1987, she worked for Catholic Relief Services in Peru, managing development projects. Eileen Rosin is drug policy project manager at WOLA. She has worked in the areas of international development and human rights for more than twenty years, with extensive experience in El Salvador and Guatemala.

The US "War on Drugs": Its Impact on Latin America and the Caribbean—the Editors.
The US Military in the War on Drugs—A. Isacson.
US Police Assistance and Drug Control Policies—R. Neild.
Colombia: A Vicious Circle of Drugs and War—M.C. Ramírez, K. Stanton, and J. Walsh.
Bolivia: Clear Consequences—K. Ledebur.
Peru: Drug Control Policy, Human Rights, and Democracy—I. Rojas.
Ecuador: Untangling the Drug War—F. Rivera Vélez.
Mexico: The Militarization Trap—L. Freeman and J. L. Sierra.
The Caribbean: The "Third Border" and the War on Drugs—J. Rodríguez Beruff and G. Cordero.
The Collateral Damage of the U.S. War on Drugs: Conclusions and Recommendations—C.A. Youngers.
Appendix 1: An Overview of US Laws and Agencies Related to International Drug Control Efforts.
Appendix 2: Funding and Staffing for DEA Programs in Latin America 1998-2004.

A comprehensive and forceful analysis of the U.S.-backed drug war in Latin America. Scholars and policymakers should read this volume not for balance, but instead for a passionate perspective on an enormously important foreign policy issue.