Pablo Escobar: Beyond Narcos (War On Drugs Book 1) Kindle Edition

Great book by the author, very compelling and interesting. Many allegations by the author that I am sure bear further research, yet, the only truth is that thousands of people died violent deaths because of the war on cocaine. I highly recommend this book, hard to put down.

I didn't know a whole lot about Pablo Escobar before picking up this book. I now know a whole lot more.This book follows Pablo Escobar's life through out many years and goes in to details about how he built his empire and kept his family safe. Nothing meant more to Pablo than his family and he did everything he could and needed to, to make sure they were safe no matter what was going on.Pablo was a man of many talents and did what was needed to protect his business as well. He grew his empire one day at a time and managed to be one of the most wanted men.I would recommend this to anyone who is interested in finding out more about Pablo Escobar and the drug trade in general.

This is the most detailed book I've read about Pablo Escobar. It gives alot of insight into his life and history of The Medellin Cartel. It's also is a MUST OWN for anyone studying Colombian history or anyone that wants to learn more about the Netflix series "NARCOS"I learned alot and now know the TRUE story of his rise/fall. I loved every page and was hooked from the first chapter. Shaun Attwood does a great job with this one... The whole series of these books I find so fascinating. I can't wait until Book 3 of his "War On Drugs" series is released. I own this one, American Made, and the Cali Cartel. All of which are tremendously written and truthful. This book and series gets a solid 10/10 from me. Definitely one I'll be reading again.

3 stars is the best I can give it. The book starts off well, then the author gets into how Bush was responsible for bringing cocaine into the U.S. and off the topic of Escobar. The author also commits what I consider the ultimate author sin. Reading is just about the only place left where we are not bombarded by advertising. Attwood advertises his other books way too much in the manuscript of this book, so much so that I wont read any more of his books.

So I picked up this book and decided to read it just to kill time and 2 minutes in I was hooked! I read the whole book in one sitting! Attwood does a fine job on giving Escobar the actual human qualities he possed by going into his upbringing background and how "robin hood" of a fellow he was with using his wealth to actually help and better communities. At the same time you get a good look at the messed up world of drugs and a really thought provoking view of how America could have actually been a lot more involved then the government wants you to think.This book actually taught me a lot of information I didn't know about Escobar, the government, and the Colombian drug ring. I'm really glad I gave this book a read 10 outta 10! Great job Shaun Attwood!!

Pablo Escobar is the quintessential example of a modern day man kingpin. He was the bad guy in the War on Drugs. Apparently he’s also the boogie man/scapegoat of the War on Drugs. The amount of money and power this one man had is staggering. You’d have to read it to believe it. But, not everything is as it seems.I grew up hearing his name and thinking that he was the real bad guy when all along, he was more like the rabbit in the hat. No one ever pulled a rabbit out of a hat without first putting the rabbit in there. You’ll be quite surprised, as I was, to find out who the magician really is. Well worth the read.

I was going to purchase Mark Bowden’s KILLING PABLO, but Amazon had the Kindle edition of ESCOBAR: BEYOND NARCOS by Shaun Attwood on sale. I was familiar with Bowden’s book, but not Attwood’s so I immediately had buyer’s remorse after buying it. The buyer’s (or reader’s) remorse didn’t last long. As soon as I started to read ESCOBAR: BEYOND NARCOS, I was hooked. I found it to be well-written and informative.The book is not entirely about Pablo Escobar. It delves into the origin, history, and usage of cocaine. The involvement of big pharma companies in developing and promoting cocaine. The role of politicians such as HW Bush, his son Jeb Bush, General Manuel Noriega, etc. and the CIA, DEA, ATF, etc. in the trafficking of drugs into the US. The tracking down and killing of Pablo Escobar by those same agencies and the US military is an eye-opener.The book explains the raise and the organizational structure of the Medellín and Cali cartels and the conflicts between them. The brutality and indiscriminate violence, death, and torture inflicted on those who crossed the path of the drug cartels and those trying to defeat them (paramilitary death squads, cops, military) is nothing more than sadistic and inhumane.The book does make occasional reference to the NETFLIX series NARCOS to point out fact vs. fiction. I’ve never seen NARCOS so watching it before reading the book isn’t necessary. I am, however, planning to binge watch NARCOS since the book has gotten me interested in it.

Having watched Narcos and after reading the books by Pablo’s son and Mark Bowden, I moved onto this one, which is original in its perspective of the war on drugs. None of the others confronted the role of the corrupt US government and the CIA. In Pablo’s son’s second book, which came out after this one, he finally details his father’s relationship with the CIA, who were complicit in cocaine trafficking to finance wars against communism in Nicaragua and central and South America. Perhaps that’s the reason why Pablo’s son’s second book is only available in Spanish. This author goes where the rest have not. For those who like war on drugs stuff, I recommend his entire war on drugs series.