Webs of Smoke: Smugglers, Warlords, Spies, and the History of the International Drug Trade

by Terry Parssinen, Kathryn Meyer, Terry M. Parssinen, et al.

Book Overview

This fascinating history of international drug trafficking in the first half of the 20th 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 074252003X
• ISBN13: 9780742520035
• Release Date: October 2002
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"