I mean one of the most important books I ever read, in terms of understanding "how the world works" is called "The Politics of Heroin in Southeast Asia."
Can't recommend it enough - you will literally NEVER see the national security apparatus the same way again. And if you believe things have somehow gotten BETTER in the fifty years since it was written, I have some orange groves in Nevada, only slightly radiated, to sell you.
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