Full Description
This book reveals the inside story of the formulation and implementation the United States' and United Kingdom's counter narcotics policies in Afghanistan. Western counter narcotics policies in Afghanistan failed dismally after opium poppy cultivation surged to unprecedented levels. The Anglo-American partnership at the centre of this battleground was divided by competing and opposing views of how to address the opium problem, which troubled the well-established Anglo-American relationship. Through interviews with key policy practitioners on both sides of the Atlantic, this study reveals the complex picture of counter narcotics strategy; highlighting key points of cooperation and contention and detailing the often contradictory and competitive objectives of the overall war effort in Afghanistan.
Contents
Acknowledgements
List of Acronyms
Maps and Chart
1. Introduction
Part 1
2. Anglo-American Relations and 9/11
3. The Legacy of Drugs and a Weak State 2
Part 2
4. Taliban Drugs on British Streets, 2001-2002
5. Lead Nation on Counter-Narcotics, 2002
6. Counter-Narcotics on the Hoof, 2002-2004
Part 3
7. Plan Afghanistan, 2004-2005
8. Afghanistan's Poppy Capital, 2005-2006
9. The Lesser of Two Evils, 2006-2007
10. The Showdown over Aerial Eradication, 2007
11. Counter-Narcotics in Transition, 2008
Part 4
12. Obama and Shifting Anglo-American Relations,
13. A Poisoned Chalice, 2009-2011
14. Conclusion
Appendix
Notes
Bibliography
Index
