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

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"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"--

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bradford, James Tharin, 1982- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2019.
Subjects:
Opium trade > Afghanistan > History.
Drug traffic > Afghanistan > History.
Drug control > Afghanistan > History.
Drug control.
Drug traffic.
Opium trade.
Afghanistan.
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:xii, 281 pages ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Colonial and global engagements
  • Politics of prohibition
  • The consequences of coercion in Badakhshan
  • East meets west
  • The Afghan connection
  • All goods are dangerous goods.