Burma's Golden Triangle: On The Trail Of The Opium Warlords

Features of Burma's golden triangle: On the trail of the opium warlords

Pp. 224; numerous black-and-white photos and maps. Original color pictorial wrappers, 8vo. Burma's portion of the infamous 'Golden Triangle' region, near the borders of Thailand and Laos, is an anarchic land of rebels, warlords, and exotic tribes and their opium fields. The authors traveled to this forbidden area and met the guerrilla armies and tribal groups that live there. They trace the history of Burma's stubborn separatist groups, and offer a personal narrative of these group's efforts to achieve autonomy (from the rear wrapper). No ownership marks and no signs of use.