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The Politics of Heroin in Southeast Asia

Glossary

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Intro-Consequences of Complicity

Heroin-History of a Miracle Drug

Logistics of Heroin

1/Sicily-Home of the Mafia

Addiction in America

Mafia in America

Mafia Restored-Fighters for Democracy

Luciano Organizes Postwar Heroin Trade

Marseille Connection

Mapa de la Conquista de Sicilia '43

2/Marseille-America's Heroin Lab

Genesis

From Underworld to Underground

Political Bedfellows-SP, Guerinis & CIA

Guerini-Francisci Vendetta

After the Fall

Decline of European Heroin Trade & Journey to the East

3/Colonial Legacy-Opium for the Natives

Royal Thai Opium Monopoly

Burma Sahibs in Shan states

Fr.Indochina-Friendly Neighborhood Opium Den

Opium Crisis of 1939-45

Meo of Laos-Politics of the Poppy

Opium in Tai Country-Denouement at Dien Bien Phu

Into the Postwar Era

4/Cold War Opium Boom

Fr.Indochina-Opium Espionage/OperationX

Binh Xuyen

Order & Opium in Saigon

Secret War in Burma-The KMT

Thailand's Opium-Fruits of Victory

Appendix/Is Communist China Center of Intern'l Narcotics Traffic? No

5/S.Vietnam-Narcotics in Nation's Service

Politics of Heroin in S.Vietnam

Tradition & Corruption in SE Asia

Diem's Dynasty & Nhu Bandits

New Opium Monopoly

Thieu-Ky Rivalry

GI Heroin Epidemic

S.Vietnam-Heroin Achieves Full Market Potential

Opium Airlift Command

Thieu Takes Command

Vietnamese Navy-Up the Creek

Vietnamese Army-Marketing Product

Lower House Heroin Junkets

Khiem Apparatus-All in the Family

Tempest in a Teapot-Thieu-Khiem Squabble

Mafia Comes to Asia

Consequences of Complicity-Generation of Junkies

6/Hong Kong-Heir to Heroin Traffic

7/Golden Triangle-Heroin is Our Most Important Product

Laos-Land of the Poppy

Corsican Aviation Pioneers Air Opium '55-65

Gen.Phoumi Nosavan-Feudalism Still w/US

Secret War Secret Strategy in Laos

Long Pot-Rendezvous w/Air America

Gen.Ouane Rattikone-Vientiane Connexion

CIA in NW Laos-Prelude to '67 Opium War

Gen.U Ba Thein-Reaping the Whirlwind

KMT in Thailand-Guardian at N. Gate

Battle at Ban Khwan-Challenge of Chan Shee-Fu

Survival of the Fittest

Shan Rebellion-Road to Chaos

Gen.Ouane Rattikone-Winner Takes Something

Conclusion

8/What Can Be Done?

Cure the Individual Addict

Destroy Narcotics Syndicates

Eliminate Illicit Opium Production

'72-Year of Decision

Appendix

China-Historical Setting of Asia's Profitable Plague

China Grows Her Own

Tarnished Crusades

Notes

Subject
historypolitics
Genre
crime
Themes
addiction
Setting
southeastern asiaasia
Audience
adult
Length
long · 464 pages

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