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03317aam a22004338i 4500 001 55AF0338BF3D11EEBECD222F56ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240130010059 008 230601s2024 nyu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2023022650 020 $a 154170195X 020 $a 9781541701953 040 $a NIC/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d DLC $d SILO 050 00 $a DS528.2.W32 $b W56 2024 082 00 $2 23/eng/20230731 100 1 $a Winn, Patrick $c (Journalist), $e author. 245 10 $a NARCOTOPIA : $b IN SEARCH OF THE ASIAN DRUG CARTEL THAT SURVIVED THE CIA / $c Patrick Winn. 250 $a First edition. 263 $a 2401 264 1 $a New York : $b PublicAffairs, $c 2024. 300 $a pages cm 500 $a 2024/01/30 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a "Nestled in the Golden Triangle of China, Burma, and Nepal, the Wa nation has existed and thrived for over five decades. Like mountain peoples from Chechnya to the Ozarks, the Wa like to do things their own way. A tribal authority called the United Wa State Army (or UWSA) controls their native terrain. The UWSA makes laws, defends the motherland, and builds roads and schools. It even issues driver's licenses. In every sense, it is a government. And as a nation, its armed forces command 30,000 troops and 20,000 reservists, more than the militaries of Sweden or Kenya. The Wa possess high-tech weaponry: cannons, drones, and missiles that can knock jets out of the sky. Yet the one difference from their nation and those that surround them is their preferred commodity: drugs. Illegal drugs are indeed one of the UWSA's top revenue sources. Over the years, tons of narcotics produced on Wa soil have hit the black market and traffickers have smuggled them onto American shores. Their ability to have a functioning government, economic system, and freedom from their neighbors derives from their sophisticated, profitable, and illegal trade. Yet, the origin story of this narco-army is smudged with American fingerprints. Not only did the CIA create the conditions for itsinception, but one of its foremost leaders was a DEA asset. In Narcotopia, Patrick Winn investigates and uncovers the true story of Wa, untangling the relationship between the DEA, CIA, and Wa people. The result is a saga of an indigenous people who havetapped the power of narcotics to create a nation where there was none before and the covert operations of US intelligence to transform and undermine it for their own agenda. Every empire needs its barbarians"-- $c Provided by publisher. 610 20 $a United Wa State Army (Burma) 610 10 $a United States. $b Central Intelligence Agency $x Influence. 610 10 $a United States. $b Drug Enforcement Administration $x Influence. 650 0 $a Wa (Asian people) $x Politics and government. 650 0 $a Wa (Asian people) $x Social conditions. 650 0 $a Drug traffic $z Golden Triangle (Southeast Asia) 941 $a 7 952 $l YTPG232 $d 20240802014514.0 952 $l XXPH787 $d 20240611032827.0 952 $l TDPH826 $d 20240502011051.0 952 $l CBPF522 $d 20240305011515.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20240302011518.0 952 $l CDPF771 $d 20240202013803.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20240130010601.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=55AF0338BF3D11EEBECD222F56ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search