Seeds of Terror
How Drugs, Thugs and Crime are Reshaping the Afghan War
1st Edition
Published on 1. September 2011
320 pages
978-1-85168-891-3 (ISBN)
Description
Seeds of Terror will reshape the way you think about the West's enemies, revealing them less as ideologues and more as criminals who earn billions of pounds every year off the opium trade. With the breakneck pace of a thriller, author Gretchen Peters traces their illicit activities from the vast poppy fields of southern Afghanistan to heroin labs run by Taliban commanders, from drug convoys armed with Stinger missiles to the money launderers of Karachi and Dubai. Based on hundreds of interviews with Taliban fighters, smugglers, and law enforcement and intelligence agents, Peters makes the case that we must cut terrorists off from their drug earnings if we ever hope to beat them.
Reviews / Votes
"An important examination of 'the nexus of [drug] smugglers and extremists' in the global war against terrorists. Peters builds a solid case [and] has exhaustively framed one of the thorniest problems facing policy makers in this long war." * Publishers Weekly * "Sure to be hotly discussed" * Booklist * "It is rare that a journalist writes about some aspect of American foreign policy, makes an impassioned plea for change and finds her advice adopted." * The Economist * "Required reading for anyone interested in public-policy issues concerning drugs, defense, and diplomacy . . . Buy it." * National Post *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
File size
0,87 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-85168-891-3 (9781851688913)
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09/2010
Oneworld Publications
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09/2009
Oneworld Publications
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07/2009
Oneworld Publications
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Person
Gretchen Peters has covered Pakistan and Afghanistan for more than a decade, first for the Associated Press and later for ABC News in the US. A Harvard graduate, Peters was nominated for an Emmy for her coverage of the 2007 assassination of Benazir Bhutto and won the SAJA Journalism Award for a Nightline segment on Pervez Musharraf. She lives in the US.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Foreword
- Introduction
- 1. The New Axis of Evil
- 2. Operation Jihad
- 3. Narco-Terror State
- 4. The New Taliban
- 5. The Kingpin
- 6. Follow the Money
- 7. Mission Creep
- 8. Zero-Sum Game
- Afterword
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
