Empire of Crime Organised Crime in the British Empire

图书标准信息

• 作者 Tim Newark 著
• 出版社 Random House UK
• 出版时间 2011-09
• ISBN 9781845967611
• 定价 149.20元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 272页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

Sometimesthebestintentionscanhavetheworstresults.In1905,BritishreformersbannedtheexportofIndianopiumtoChina.Asaresult,theworldpriceofopiumsoaredtoanewhighandacenturyoflucrativedrugsmugglingbegan.CriminalproducersinothercountriesexploitedtheprohibitionandgangwarsbrokeoutacrossSouth-EastAsia.ItwasthegreatestgifttheBritishEmpiregavetoorganisedcrime.EmpireofCrimeintroducesthereadertoawholenewcollectionofheroesandvillains,includingpioneeringnarcoticsinvestigatorMajor-GeneralRussellPasha,commandantoftheCairopoliceforce;mastercriminalDuYue-Sheng,druglordoftheShanghaiunderworld;andtough,PashtofluentNorth-WestFrontierpolicechiefLieutenant-ColonelRoos-Keppel,nemesisofAfghancriminalgangs.AuthorTimNewarkweaveshiddenreports,secretgovernmentfilesandpersonalletterstogetherwithfirst-handaccountstotelltheepicstoryofaglobalfightagainstorganisedcrime.