Coercion, cash-crops and culture from insurgency to proto-state in Asia's opium belt
dc.contributor.advisor | Johnson, Thomas H. | |
dc.contributor.advisor | Malley, Michael S. | |
dc.contributor.author | Merz, Andrew A. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-03-14T17:40:30Z | |
dc.date.available | 2012-03-14T17:40:30Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2008-06 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10945/4108 | |
dc.description.abstract | This thesis is a comparative study of conflict and opium in the Golden Crescent and Golden Triangle, focusing in particular on Afghanistan-Pakistan and Burma. It takes a state building approach to analyze the formation and composition of opiate-funded "proto-states" in the two regions, with case studies on the Taliban and the United Wa State Party. Historic, political, ethnic and cultural factors are explored in relation to each region and proto-state case. The basic argument is that opium and opiate trade provided capital for the formation of basic state-like entities that conduct all the basic statebuilding activities as defined in the literature. What are often called "insurgent groups" are actually armies of proto-states. What are often called "insurgencies" are actually conflicts between infant states in areas that never contained nation-states. This paradigm suggests an alternate method to study these two areas: a method that emphasizes history and anthropology to understand the basic motivations and attributes of the proto-state actors. | en_US |
dc.description.uri | http://archive.org/details/coercioncashcrop109454108 | |
dc.format.extent | xiv, 103 p. : maps ; | en_US |
dc.publisher | Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School | en_US |
dc.rights | This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. As such, it is in the public domain, and under the provisions of Title 17, United States Code, Section 105, is not copyrighted in the U.S. | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Afghanistan | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Burma | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Insurgency | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Opium | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Drugs | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | State-building | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Golden Triangle | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Golden Crescent | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Proto-state | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | States-within-states | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Taliban | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | UWSA | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | UWSP | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Wa | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Shan State | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Ethno-nationalism | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Pashtun | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Pashtunistan | en_US |
dc.title | Coercion, cash-crops and culture from insurgency to proto-state in Asia's opium belt | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
dc.contributor.corporate | Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.) | |
dc.contributor.department | National Security Affairs | |
dc.subject.author | Afghanistan | en_US |
dc.subject.author | Burma | en_US |
dc.subject.author | Insurgency | en_US |
dc.subject.author | Opium | en_US |
dc.subject.author | Drugs | en_US |
dc.subject.author | State-building | en_US |
dc.subject.author | Golden Triangle | en_US |
dc.subject.author | Golden Crescent | en_US |
dc.subject.author | Proto-state | en_US |
dc.subject.author | States-within-states | en_US |
dc.subject.author | Taliban | en_US |
dc.subject.author | UWSA | en_US |
dc.subject.author | UWSP | en_US |
dc.subject.author | Wa | en_US |
dc.subject.author | Shan State | en_US |
dc.subject.author | Ethno-nationalism | en_US |
dc.subject.author | Pashtun | en_US |
dc.subject.author | Pashtunistan | en_US |
dc.description.recognition | Outstanding Thesis | en_US |
dc.description.service | US Marine Corps (USMC) author. | en_US |
dc.identifier.oclc | 244572178 | |
etd.thesisdegree.name | Master of Science | en_US |
etd.thesisdegree.level | Masters | en_US |
etd.thesisdegree.discipline | Security Studies | en_US |
etd.thesisdegree.grantor | Naval Postgraduate School | en_US |
etd.verified | no | en_US |
dc.description.distributionstatement | Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. |
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