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The Golden Triangle
The World’s Political Hot Spots (Related to this series)
- Author
- Bertil Lintner
- Narrator
- Richard C. Hottelet
- Publish Date
- 19 March 2006
- Run Time
- 2 hours 48 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Thailand, Laos, and Burma have been known as the “Golden Triangle” because of their historically prominent role in the drug trade. For centuries, these countries have produced the opium that has attracted traders from Europe and elsewhere. Economics, religion, and politics combine to make this area not only important but also, to the western mind, exotic.
The World’s Political Hot Spots series explains the basis of conflicts in some of the world’s most politically sensitive areas. Many of these regions are in today’s headlines, and tensions recently have become violent in virtually all of them. Each presentation covers up to ten centuries of background, revealing how and why today’s problems occur.
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Details
- Author
- Bertil Lintner
- Narrator
- Richard C. Hottelet
- Duration
- 2 hours 48 minutes
- Release Date
- 19 March 2006
- ISBN
- 9781481543675
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Politics and government, Education, History, Asian history
Synopsis
Thailand, Laos, and Burma have been known as the “Golden Triangle” because of their historically prominent role in the drug trade. For centuries, these countries have produced the opium that has attracted traders from Europe and elsewhere. Economics, religion, and politics combine to make this area not only important but also, to the western mind, exotic.The World’s Political Hot Spots series explains the basis of conflicts in some of the world’s most politically sensitive areas. Many of these regions are in today’s headlines, and tensions recently have become violent in virtually all of them. Each presentation covers up to ten centuries of background, revealing how and why today’s problems occur.
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