Synopsis of Joseph E. Stiglitz and Linda J. Bilmes, The Three Trillion Dollar War: The True Cost of the Iraq Conflict (New York & London: W.W. Norton, [March] 2008). Discussed at Digging Deeper (w...

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime has conducted annual opium poppy surveys in Afghanistan since 1994. The most recent one was issued in October 2002. The surveys collect information on...