The myth of the addicted army: Vietnam and the modern war on drugs

The politics of scapegoating

"The press has done a tremendous disservice" : historical perspective

Creating the myth of the "Nam junkie" : mass media and the rise of a drug scare

Deconstructing the myth: the great national drug debate of the sixties and seventies

"A generation of junkies" : the antiwar movement, the Democratic Party, and the myth

The brass responds, part I: Nixon's war on drugs

The brass responds, part II: from counterinsurgency to narco-insurgency in Southeast Asia

"Get up you doped up bastard!" : the myth in Hollywood and popular television

The crackdown: the Reagan revolution and the war on drugs

The myth endures.