
Seeds of Terror: How Drugs, Thugs and Crime are Reshaping the Afghan War (Paperback)
Gretchen Peters (author)
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320 Pages
Published: 01/09/2010
Published: 01/09/2010
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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.
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.
Publisher: Oneworld Publications
ISBN: 9781851687510
Number of pages: 320
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 26 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
"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 *
"Sure to be hotly discussed" * Booklist *
"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 *
"Meticulously researched." * The Sunday Times *
"Excellent ... Gretchen Peters's disturbing book plainly states that unless the opium-smuggling industry is put out of business, the nation-building exercise in Afghanistan is destined for failure. We should heed her warnings." Emran Qureshi * The Globe and Mail *
"Seeds of Terror offers layer after layer of fascinating information about the deadly consequences of decades of disastrous policy decisions. This is a well-written, well-documented, and exemplary work of journalism." Lewis Perdue * Barron's *
"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 *
"Sure to be hotly discussed" * Booklist *
"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 *
"Meticulously researched." * The Sunday Times *
"Excellent ... Gretchen Peters's disturbing book plainly states that unless the opium-smuggling industry is put out of business, the nation-building exercise in Afghanistan is destined for failure. We should heed her warnings." Emran Qureshi * The Globe and Mail *
"Seeds of Terror offers layer after layer of fascinating information about the deadly consequences of decades of disastrous policy decisions. This is a well-written, well-documented, and exemplary work of journalism." Lewis Perdue * Barron's *
"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 *
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