Bibliograph

Poppies, politics, and power, Afghanistan and the global history of drugs and diplomacy, James Tharin Bradford

Type

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Poppies, politics, and power, Afghanistan and the global history of drugs and diplomacy, James Tharin Bradford

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-271) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Poppies, politics, and power

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1056197192

Responsibility statement

James Tharin Bradford

Sub title

Afghanistan and the global history of drugs and diplomacy

Summary

"This book is about the history of both the legal and illicit drug trade in Afghanistan, and the policies launched by the Afghan government to control the drug trade"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Colonial and global engagements : Afghan opium on the periphery of the global drug market -- The politics of prohibition : how diplomacy with the United States shifted the drug control paradigm in Afghanistan -- The consequences of coercion in Badakhshan : the 1958 prohibition of opium and the issue of culture in drug control policy -- East meets west : hippies, hash, and the globalization of the Afghan drug trade -- The Afghan connection : smuggling, heroin, and Nixon's war on drugs in Afghanistan -- All goods are dangerous goods : development, the global market, and opium in the Helmand Valley, Afghanistan -- Epilogue

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