Opium and Foreign Policy: The Anglo-American Search for Order in Asia, 1912-1954

by William O. Walker III

Book Overview

William Walker traces British and American attempts to control the Asian opium trade from the fall of the Manchu dynasty in China in 1912 to the French withdrawal from Indochina in 1954. Analyzing the moral, cultural, economic, political, diplomatic, and security aspects of drug control, Walker argues that the fight against opium played a significant, and virtually unexamined, role in Anglo-American relations and security interests in the region.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807856452
• ISBN13: 9780807856451
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"