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

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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Bibliographic Details
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

Contents:

Heroin on the Ancient Silk Road (3:46)
Drug Control in Central Asia (4:53)
Panj River: Border Between Tajikistan and Afghanistan (4:38)
UN Border Inspection Between Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan (4:11)
Human Costs of the Growing Heroin Industry (3:09)
Corruption in Customs Control (4:56)
Enticing Profits From Drug Transportation (6:10)
U.S. State Department Human Rights Report on Uzbekistan (5:00)
Eradication of Poppy Fields (6:25)
Mark Malloch on Central Asia (7:23)