The Opium Empire: Japanese Imperialism and Drug Trafficking in Asia, 1895-1945

by John M. Jennings

The International Military Tribunal for the Far East (IMTFE) found Japan guilty of deliberately promoting drug abuse as a weapon to further its imperialistic aims in Asia. This study provides the historical context behind the IMTFE's findings from the annexation of Taiwan in 1895 to the end of World War II. Given the extent to which drug use permeated the politics, economy, and culture of Asia, it was inevitable that Japan's rise as an imperial power...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275957594
• ISBN13: 9780275957599
• Release Date: April 1997
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 9.7"