Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations Used in the Text
Introduction - The Politics of Scapegoating
Chapter 1 - "The Press Has Done a Tremendous Disservice": Historical Perspective
Chapter 2 - Creating the Myth of the "Nam Junkie": Mass Media and the Rise of a Drug Scare
Chapter 3 - Deconstructing the Myth: The Great National Drug Debate of the Sixties and Seventies
Chapter 4 - "A Generation of Junkies": The Antiwar Movement, the Democratic Party, and the Myth
Chapter 5 - The Brass Responds, Part I: Nixon's War on Drugs
Chapter 6 - The Brass Responds, Part II: From Counter Insurg
Chapter 7 - "Get Up You Doped Up Bastard!": The Myth in Hollywood and Popular Television
Chapter 8 - The Crackdown: The Reagan Revolution and the War on Drugs
Conclusion - The Myth Endures
Abbreviations Used in the Notes and Bibliography
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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