Narcotopia
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In Asia’s narcotics-producing heartland, the Wa reign supreme. They dominate the Golden Triangle, a mountainous stretch of Burma between Thailand and China. Their 30,000-strong army, wielding missiles and attack drones, makes Mexican...
Published By PublicAffairs
Format Hardback
Category
Number Of Pages 384
Publication Date 01/30/2024
ISBN 9781541701953
Dimensions 6.3 inches x 9.5 inches
"Those who fail to read this forsake their chance to know the truth."
—Roberto Saviano, author of Gomorrah
"An outstanding book, packed with history, humor, and adventure. Patrick Winn is the perfect guide to these highland outlaws and their incredible, defiant narco-state. This is the best reportage to come out of Southeast Asia in years."
—Graeme Wood, author of The Way of the Strangers: Encounters with the Islamic State
"A riveting portrait of a little-known and often vilified people, a harrowing tale of Asia's epic, multi-billion dollar, drugs trade, and a unique perspective on our world today."
—Thant Myint-U, author of The Hidden History of Burma
“Patrick has made a riveting read out of the largely overlooked - but critically important - Wa State... The history behind it, the masterminds pulling the strings, and the many CIA operations against them. It’s a fascinating and incredibly well-researched dive into Asia’s underworld and some of the greatest narcotics traffickers in the region. And above all, it’s beautifully crafted storytelling.”
—Isobel Yeung, VICE
"Unputdownable... an authentic page-turner, revealing why the global drug problem remains unsolved."—Khuensai Jaiyen, ex-secretary to the drug lord Khun Sa
“Part gangster saga, part espionage thriller, and part liberation epic, Winn’s narrative alternates between rollicking adventure and harrowing violence conveyed in vivid, muscular prose.”
—Publishers Weekly
“A penetrating look at the failure of the war on drugs at the drug trade’s ground zero… A valuable contribution to the literature on the international drug trade and its seemingly limitless power.”
—Kirkus Reviews
“Narcotopia offers a rich analysis of narco-states.”
—The Economist
“The DEA aspires to dismantle the Wa State, and Americans have rarely trodden upon its soil, but Winn decided to give it a go. What he discovered was a long history of U.S. meddling that amounts to one of the foolhardiest chapters in the war on drugs—a conflict hardly wanting for foolhardiness.”—Harper's