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Cruel harvest : US intervention in the Afghan drug trade / Julien Mercille.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: London ; New York : Pluto Press, c2013.Description: vii, 184 p. : ill., map ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780745332338
  • 9780745332321
  • 9781849647762
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HV5840. A3.
Contents:
Contents: Abbreviations—Acknowledgements—1. Introduction—2. Perspectives—3. Rise to prominence—4. From forgotten state to rogue state—5. To Afghanhistan—6. Washington and the Afghan drug trade since 2001—7. Solutions—8. Conclusion : American power, drugs, and drug wars—Notes—Bibliography—Index.
Summary: Mainstream commentators claim that the Taliban are the culprits behind Afghanistan's rocketing drug trade and that the US military is waging war on drugs in Afghanistan to weaken the resurgency and keep the streets heroin-free. This book lifts the lid on the reality, showing that the US in fact shares a large part of the responsibility.
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Monograph Monograph Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University HV5840.A3.M473 2013 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 3ACKU000358100
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“Includes bibliography”—(p. 159-176).

Contents: Abbreviations—Acknowledgements—1. Introduction—2. Perspectives—3. Rise to prominence—4. From forgotten state to rogue state—5. To Afghanhistan—6. Washington and the Afghan drug trade since 2001—7. Solutions—8. Conclusion : American power, drugs, and drug wars—Notes—Bibliography—Index.

Mainstream commentators claim that the Taliban are the culprits behind Afghanistan's rocketing drug trade and that the US military is waging war on drugs in Afghanistan to weaken the resurgency and keep the streets heroin-free. This book lifts the lid on the reality, showing that the US in fact shares a large part of the responsibility.

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