Bitter harvest : war on drugs meets war on terror / WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)

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For many governments in the new political landscape of Central Asia, supporting America's war on terror translates into a dangerous internal juggling act. This Wide Angle documentary examines the uneasy relationship between forces aligned against the Taliban and the drug lords who control the cultiv...

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Corporate Authors: Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm), Infobase, WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
Language:English
Language and/or Writing System:
Closed-captioned.
Published: New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2006], ©2002.
Series:Films on Demand.
Subjects:
Drug control.
Drug abuse and crime.
Economic geography.
Human geography > Economic aspects.
Human trafficking.
International relations.
Terrorists.
Asia, Central.
Educational films.
Internet videos.
Genre:
Educational films.
Internet videos.
Online Access:
Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users (Films On Demand @ Infobase)
Physical Description:1 online resource (57 min.) : sound, color, digital file.
Variant Title:
War on drugs meets war on terror
Format: Electronic Video
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Summary:
For many governments in the new political landscape of Central Asia, supporting America's war on terror translates into a dangerous internal juggling act. This Wide Angle documentary examines the uneasy relationship between forces aligned against the Taliban and the drug lords who control the cultivation of much of the world's heroin. With militias and tribal factions diluting centralized power, the current opium crop in Afghanistan is among the largest ever. How will the international community deal with this fact of central Asian life? Can agricultural reforms be implemented that will equal the profitability of the opium trade? And how will the United States resolve a dilemma that pits the war on terror against the war on drugs? In addition, UNDP Administrator Mark Malloch Brown talks with anchor Daljit Dhaliwal.
Note:Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on Nov. 08, 2006.
Films on Demand is distributed by Infobase for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
Electronic resource.
Interest Grade Level:
11 & up.
System Details:Mode of access: Internet.
System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Source of Description:
Title from distributor's description.