Reno, NV: Kotan Publishing, Date: 2002. xxii, 277pp, index, bibliography, col ills. Or boards in jacket. As new. Takano is the first writer and one of few foreigners to have stayed in the Golden Triangle region of Burma. This book recounts his 7 months spent in a traditional Wa mountain village, his participation in the complete cycle of opium cultivation and the everyday lives of the farmers. As readers are drawn into the life of the Wa, one dependant on opium production, Takano is increasingly drawn into an opium dependence of his own, unwittingly becoming part of the very story he came to tell. We are introduced to the Wa's leaders and Takano brings us a picture of life behind the battle lines of the war against drugs and terrorism.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. 2002. Kotan Publishing ISBN 0970171617 9780970171610 [AU]

ISBN10: 0970171617, ISBN13: 9780970171610, [publisher: Kotan Publishing, Reno, Nevada] Hardcover Dust jacket. Author an international explorer who ventures into the Wa State in the Golden Triangle. With a headhunting past and with fearsome guerrilla fighters at the heart of the hated production of opium and heroin. Seven months living among the people there who cultivate the drugs, he become opium dependent himself. Plates. 277 pages. Quoted postage for UK 2nd class. Overseas at least £11.65
[Bridge, Canterbury, KENT, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2003]

ISBN10: 0970171617, ISBN13: 9780970171610, [publisher: Kotan Publishing] Hardcover xxii, 277 pages, viii pages of plates : color illustrations, maps ; 23 cm. Contents: Burma's Wa State : Kingdo of opium Groping my way to the frontier Opium & the Wa people Weeding the Golden Land Plan to turn opium into morphine White poppy, green uniform Final mystery
[Chadwell Heath, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2003]