The Hunt for Khun Sa : Drug Lord of the Golden Triangle

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Felber, Ron.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drug dealers--Golden triangle (Southeast Asia).

Drug traffic.

Khun Sa, -- 1934-2007.

United States. Drug Enforcement Administration.

United States.

United States. Central Intelligence Agency--History.

Khun Sa, 1934-2007.

Khun Sa.

Local Subjects:

Drug dealers--Golden triangle (Southeast Asia).

Drug traffic.

Khun Sa, -- 1934-2007.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (395 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Hunt for Khun Sa

Place of Publication:

Chicago : Trine Day, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

For two decades, the Burmese warlord Khun Sa controlled nearly 70 percent of the world's heroin supply, yet there has been little written about the legend the U.S. State Department branded the ?most evil man in the world"?until now. Through exhaustive investigative journalism, this examination of one of the world's major drug lords from the 1970s to the 1990s goes behind the scenes into the lives of the DEA specialists assigned the seemingly impossible task of capturing or killing him. Known as Group 41, these men would fight for years in order

Contents:

Title Page; Table of Contents; copyright page; Publisher's quote; Publisher's Foreword; Dedication; Author's quote; Author's Note; Contents; GLOSSARY OF TERMS; Prologue; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Chapter 9; Chapter 10; Chapter 11; Chapter 12; Chapter 13; Chapter 14; Chapter 15; Chapter 16; Chapter 17; Chapter 18; Epilogue; Documents; SOURCES; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-936296-16-0

OCLC:

782873585