-Caveat Lector- from: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0275957594/qid=944700828/sr=1-47/102-22 30007-9815261#amzn-reviewsClick Here: <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0275957594/qid=944700828/sr=1-47/ 102-2230007-9815261#amzn-reviews">Amazon.com: buying info: The Opium Empire</A > ----- The Opium Empire by John M. Jennings Shopping with us is 100% safe. Guaranteed. (We'll set one up for you) View my Wish List Our Price: $76.50 Availability: On Order; usually ships within 1-2 weeks. Need this by December 24? Select Next Day Air shipping method (U.S. addresses). Click for larger picture Hardcover (April 1997) Praeger Pub Text; ISBN: 0275957594 ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.76 x 9.57 x 6.35 Amazon.com Sales Rank: 395,907 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Be the first person to review this book! Write an online review and share your thoughts with other readers! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Reviews Editorial Reviews (3) Be the first person to review this book! Editorial Reviews Book Description 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. >From the Publisher "Jenning's book is a study of opium, its derivatives, and cocaine as part of Japan's career as an imperial power in Asia.... Based primarily on Japanese-language sources, many of them unpublished government documents, this book is a product of impressively diligent scholarship. It is well organized, succinct, and soundly reasoned..." Choice About the Author JOHN M. JENNINGS is Visiting Assistant Professor at Old Dominion University. Legal Notices © 1996-1999, Amazon.com, Inc. ----- Aloha, He'Ping, Om, Shalom, Salaam. Em Hotep, Peace Be, Omnia Bona Bonis, All My Relations. Adieu, Adios, Aloha. Amen. Roads End DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance—not soapboxing! 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 credeence 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
