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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mercille, Julien.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drug traffic--Political aspects--Afghanistan.

Drug traffic.

Drug control--Political aspects.

Drug control.

Relations.

Drug traffic--Political aspects.

United States--Relations--Afghanistan.

United States.

Afghanistan--Relations--United States.

Afghanistan.

Physical Description:

vii, 184 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Pluto Press, 2013.

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.

Contents:

1 Introduction 1

2 Perspectives 10

3 Rise to Prominence 24

4 From Forgotten State to Rogue State 45

5 To Afghanistan 67

6 Washington and the Afghan Drug Trade since 2001 81

7 Solutions 105

8 Conclusion: American Power, Drugs, and Drug Wars 126.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-176) and index.

ISBN:

9780745332321

9780745332338

0745332331

0745332323

9781849647779

1849647771

9781849647786

184964778X

OCLC:

826442681