Author | Joel Hafvenstein |
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Cover artist | Georgianna Goodwin |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Subject | Afghanistan, opium trade, travel |
Publisher | The Lyons Press |
Publication date | November 1, 2007 |
Media type | Print (Hardcover) |
Pages | 336 |
ISBN | 978-1-59921-131-2 |
OCLC | 148949291 |
958.104/7 22 | |
LC Class | DS371.4 .H32 2007 |
Opium Season is the true story of a young American in Afghanistan running an aid program to counter the opium trade.[1][2][3]
Joel Hafvenstein signed up for a year in Afghanistan in the heart of the country's opium trade, running an American-funded aid program to help thousands of opium poppy farmers make a legal living, and to win hearts and minds away from the former Taliban government. The author was soon caught up in the machinations of Helmand's drug trafficking warlords.