9780060129019

Book Description: HarperCollins, 1972. Book Condition: Good. Good. Ex-library. Hard cover. This item is in Good condition. Good reading copy with moderate defects, but all pages are present. Ex-Library. Ex-Library. Bookseller Inventory # SA0030260508

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Book Description: NY etc.1972. Harper & Row., 1972. red gilt lettered cloth hardbound 8vo. dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. library discard in good cond. binding square & tight. tiny faded spot on rear, otherwise covers clean. 1cm shelf~rubbed spot to cloth on front bottom. couple of faint spots on edges . no exterior library markings. front flyleaf missing, ½ title pg has old label & couple of ink stamps. inkstamp on title pg. rear flylfeaf has large rough spot & couple of paper scraps from old pocket (removed). dustwrapper in vg cond. 1" tear on spine, not price clipped. not bad for a library discard. good reading or study copy ~ first edition so stated. first printing (nap). xii+464p. 9 photos. 11 maps. 5 charts. append. gloss. notes. index world history. asian history. politics . conspiracy theory. secret societies. global drug trade. dope inc. espionage. covert operations. secret war. cia. vietnam war. french indochina. air america. drug smuggling laos. hong kong. golden triangle. communist china. french connection. burma. koumintang. meo tribesmen. annam. cochin china. edward lansdale. roger trinquier. plain of jars. vang pao. shang national army. yao tribesmen. tiger and the globe brand #4 heroin . double u o globe brand #4 heroin. corsican syndicates. air lao commerciale. mafia. guerilla warfare. opium poppy cultivation. tonkin. touby lyfoung. turkey. world war ii.~ The fabled Golden Triangle, where Laos, Thailand, and Burma meet, long a traditional opium~growing area, now provides 70 percent of the world's illicit supply of heroin. And many elements in the governments of these countries, and in the government of South Vietnam~most of which are supported by U.S. military and financial aid~are deeply (and lucratively) involved in the growing, processing, transport, and distribution of narcotics. How has this situation come about? Basing their narrative on firsthand research in Asia and Europe, the authors trace the whole story since the end of World War II. They demonstrate that during the First Indochina War (1946~ 1954) the security of Saigon and its environs and the loyalty of the hill tribes depended on profits from and some protection for the opium traffic. Similarly, it became necessary for the United States when it took over the French commitment in 1954, to look the other way in the matter of the involvement in the drug traffic of succeeding Vietnamese regimes. After Diem's downfall in 1963 it became apparent that money from the rackets~especially narcotics~was vital to any regime's survival. The authors found that in Laos, opium crops found their way from the hill villages into a secret base at Long Tieng; in Burma, the CIA financed remnants of Chiang Kai~shek's Nationalist Army, which later became self~supporting by taking over 90 percent of the opium shipments from the rebel Shan States of Burma; that in Thailand, shaky regimes relied on American support and opium money to help bolster their stability. They also found that the Mafia, working through Corsican criminal syndicates from Marseille, had established outposts in Southeast Asia for its international narcotics smuggling operations during the French occupation. In spite of recent well~publicized seizures of massive shipments of heroin from Southeast Asia, heroin continues to flood the country, spreading into every level of this society and shredding the fabric of everyday life. U.S. government estimates of the number of addicts has leaped from 315,000 in 1969 to over 560,000 in 1972. This book puts all the pieces of this ghastly puzzle together, and then maps the possible avenues out of the horror, suggesting that America may have to choose between our commitments in Southeast Asia and getting heroin out of our high schools. Bookseller Inventory # 5071205

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Book Description: Harper & Row. Hardcover. Book Condition: Good. 0060129018 Used, in good condition. Book only. May have interior marginalia or previous owner's name. Bookseller Inventory # 0060129018

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Book Description: Harper & Row, c.1972, 1972. hardcover, Book Condition: Good, Harper NY c.1972, 1st., 8vo. cloth, 464pp. photos., owner's name, G in tattered & torn dj $. Bookseller Inventory # 64322

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Book Description: HARPERCOLLINS USA, 1972. HardBack. Book Condition: Very Good. No jacket. Dust Jacket. Bookseller Inventory # 100033673

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Book Description: Harper and Row, 1972., 1972. 1st printing / edition. Hardcover. Illustrations. 24 pages of photographic plates. Notes. Glossary. Index. Acceptable in Very Good dust jacket. Pen and pencil marks in margin throughout. Small tears to jacket. ISBN: 0060129018. Bookseller Inventory # 203564

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Book Description: Harper & Row, New York, 1972. Red Cloth. Book Condition: Near Fine Bok. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good + DJ. Photographs (illustrator). First Edition, First Printing. 464 pp. Definitive. A classic. Light wear, no names or marks. Bookseller Inventory # 020426

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Book Description: Harper & Row, 1972. Cloth. Book Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. A solid copy with clean unmarked pages. Square strong binding. Jacket neat in mylar. Speckling to ends. Benefits the Friends of the Albany, CA library. Bookseller Inventory # 020867

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Book Description: Harper & Row, New York, New York, 1972. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. N/A (illustrator). First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Jacket in clear mylar cover. Price clipped from jacket flap. 1" tear on bottom edge of front jacket panel. Bookseller Inventory # 41695

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Book Description: Harper & Row:, 1972. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Fine-. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition Stated. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 464 pages, illustrated. "The fabled Golden Triangle, where Laos, Thailand, and Burma meet, long a traditional opium-growing area, now provides 70 percent of the world's illicit supply of heroin. And many elements in the governments of these countries, and in the government of South Vietnam, most of which are supported by U.S. military and financial aid- are deeply (and lucratively) involved in the growing, processing, transport and distribution of narcotics. Based on firsthand research in Asia and Europe, the authors trace the whole story since the end of World War II." FINE- HARDCOVER, GOOD DUST JACKET. Bookseller Inventory # 002488

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