Dark Alliance: The Contras, And The Crack Cocaine Explosion
The story Dark Alliance: The CIA, The Contras, and The Crack Cocaine Explosion by Gary Webb are very interesting. The theme of the story is how the CIA used contras to bring cocaine into the impoverished areas of Los Angeles. The conflict is how the CIA used cocaine to make black people look negative in the world, while the CIA used the money to make them look better. The exposition of the story is how the cocaine came to America. The tone of the story is serious because it talks about the CIA and the cocaine explosion. The had a lot of information and was very informative. I would give this book a three. I will rate it three because of it good, it just was a lot of information that made me lose interest in the book.
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