Cruel harvest
Subtitle: US intervention in the Afghan drug trade
By: Julien Mercille
Publisher: Pluto Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 184
ISBN-13: 9780745332321; 9780745332338
Subjects: Drug traffic; Political aspects; Relations; Drug control
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-176) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Perspectives; title: Rise to prominence; title: From forgotten state to rogue state; title: To Afghanistan; title: Washington and the Afghan drug trade since 2001; title: solutions; title: Conclusion : American power, drugs, and drug wars.