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Among Insurgents: Walking Through Burma
Shelby Tucker
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Description for Among Insurgents: Walking Through Burma
Hardcover. This work describes a remarkable and perilous journey. The author entered Burma through the Shan State and later crossed the Kachin State. Drawing on interviews with opium poppy growers, he examines the symbiotic relationship between the Burmese civil war and the drugs trade. Num Pages: 368 pages, 16 b&w illustrations, 4 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMB; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 37. Weight in Grams: 644.
Among Insurgents describes a remarkable and perilous journey. The author entered Burma through a border area of China closed to foreigners, crossed the Shan and Kachin States, and left Burma via an area of India closed to foreigners. En route, he was detained by Communist insurgents, handed over to Kachin insurgents and arrested by the Indian Army. But Among Insurgents is not only the story of a journey into a terra incognita; it examines the symbiotic relationship between the civil war in Burma and the international drugs trade. The author interviewed growers of opium poppies and leaders ... Read more
Among Insurgents describes a remarkable and perilous journey. The author entered Burma through a border area of China closed to foreigners, crossed the Shan and Kachin States, and left Burma via an area of India closed to foreigners. En route, he was detained by Communist insurgents, handed over to Kachin insurgents and arrested by the Indian Army. But Among Insurgents is not only the story of a journey into a terra incognita; it examines the symbiotic relationship between the civil war in Burma and the international drugs trade. The author interviewed growers of opium poppies and leaders ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
I. B. Tauris
Number of pages
368
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
Number of Pages
428
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781860645297
SKU
V9781860645297
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Ref
99-5
About Shelby Tucker
Shelby Tucker is an experienced traveler who has addressed the US National Security Council on Burma and lectured on the Kachins and the Civil War in Burma at SOAS (University of London), the Royal Scottish Geographical Society and elsewhere.
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