-Caveat Lector- <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"> </A> -Cui Bono?- Click Here: <A HREF="http://www.bookfinder.com/search/?st=rs&ac=dp&qi=XAjwo,CAmK9.X1OBQDgEtue XAjIAzQgE:78:189:1:1&bs=bn&bu=http%3A%2F%2Fbn%2Ebfast%2Ecom%2Fbooklink%2Fclick %3Fsourceid%3D5186403%26ISBN%3D0275957594&oh=1">Book Information from barnesandnoble.com</A> ----- The Opium Empire : Japanese Imperialism and Drug Trafficking in Asia, 1895-1945 John M. Jennings bn.com Price: $55.00 In-Stock: Ships within 24 hours Format: Hardcover, 176pp. ISBN: 0275957594 Publisher: Greenwood Publishing Group, Incorporated Pub. Date: April 1997 ABOUT THE BOOK >From The Publisher 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 would lead to contact with, and increasing involvement in, the opium and narcotics trade. This study argues that the nature of that involvement should be understood not simply in terms of a conspiracy to drug the people of Asia into submission, but rather as indicative of the general twists and turns of Japanese imperialism. Thus, opium and narcotics emerge not so much as a weapon of, but rather as a metaphor for, Japanese imperialism in Asia. Reviews >From Booknews Explores the Japanese government's connection with the trafficking of the whole range of opiate drugs and also cocaine. Draws heavily on Japanese-language documents, especially from the archives of the foreign ministry, but also contemporary published sources, recent Japanese secondary literature, and western-language materials. The treatment of Korea under Japanese rule 1910-45 has been published previously. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or. FROM THE BOOK Table of Contents Tables Preface Introduction 1 1 The Genesis of Opium Control in Japan 5 2 Opium and Narcotics Control in the Japanese Colonies 17 3 The Origins of Japanese Drug Trafficking in China 39 4 Japan and International Drug Control, 1909-1931 61 5 The Manchukuo Opium Monopoly, 1932-1938 77 6 Opium and the New Order in East Asia 91 Epilogue 105 Notes 111 Bibliography 145 Index 155 Copyright 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 barnesandnoble.com llc ----- Aloha, He'Ping, Om, Shalom, Salaam. Em Hotep, Peace Be, All My Relations. Omnia Bona Bonis, Adieu, Adios, Aloha. Amen. Roads End <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance�not soap-boxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
