Narcotopia : in search of the Asian drug cartel that survived the CIA /

"Nestled in the Golden Triangle of China, Burma, and Nepal, the Wa nation has existed and thrived for over five decades. Like mountain peoples from Chechnya to the Ozarks, the Wa like to do things their own way. A tribal authority called the United Wa State Army (or UWSA) controls their native...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Winn, Patrick (Journalist) (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : PublicAffairs, 2024.
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	United Wa State Army (Burma) United States. > Central Intelligence Agency > Influence. United States. > Drug Enforcement Administration > Influence. United States. > Central Intelligence Agency United States. > Drug Enforcement Administration Wa (Asian people) > Politics and government. Wa (Asian people) > Social conditions. Drug traffic > Golden Triangle (Southeast Asia) Wa (Peuple d'Asie) > Conditions sociales. Drogues > Trafic > Triangle d'Or (Asie du Sud-Est) Drug traffic Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Asia > Golden Triangle Nonfiction novels. True crime stories. Récits criminels.

Table of Contents:

The nations and peoples of Narcotopia
Prologue
Superstar
First encounter
Stranger in the peaks
Guns, drugs, and espionage
The league of warlords
Enslaved no more
Unspeakable
The prodigy
Mr. Success
Nativity
Confidential informant
Kick the car
The burn
Torpedo
The summit
Manifest destiny
The great migration
Vanilla speed
Whiskey alpha
Mountain fortress China
The reckoning
Epilogue.