Webs of Smoke
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Webs of Smoke

Smugglers, Warlords, Spies, and the History of the International Drug Trade

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eBook - ePub

Webs of Smoke

Smugglers, Warlords, Spies, and the History of the International Drug Trade

About this book

This fascinating history of international drug trafficking in the first half of the twentieth century follows the stories of American narcs and gangsters, Japanese spies, Chinese warlords, and soldiers of fortune whose lives revolved around opium. The drug trade centered on China, which was before 1949, the world's largest narcotic market. The authors tell the interlocking stories of the many extraordinary personalities-sinister and otherwise-involved in narcotics trafficking in Asia, Europe, and the United States. Drawing on a rich store of U.S., British, European, Japanese, and Chinese archives, this unique study will be invaluable for all readers interested in the drug trade and contemporary East Asian history.

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Table of contents

  1. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
  2. FOREWORD
  3. PREFACE On Poppies
  4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  5. INTRODUCTION Men in the Shadows
  6. CHAPTER ONE Bureaucrats
  7. CHAPTER TWO Merchants
  8. CHAPTER THREE Monopolies
  9. CHAPTER FOUR Nouveaux Riches
  10. CHAPTER FIVE Europeans
  11. CHAPTER SIX Warlords
  12. CHAPTER SEVEN Soldiers of Fortune
  13. CHAPTER EIGHT Spies
  14. CHAPTER NINE Americans
  15. CHAPTER TEN Communists
  16. CONCLUSION The Myth of Conspiracy
  17. BIBLIOGRAPHY
  18. ABOUT THE AUTHORS