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Heroin wars. 1, The opium convoys / Bullfrog Films presents ; produced in association with WGBH/Frontline ; producer, Michael Kirk ; director, Adrian Cowell ; Carlton UK Television.

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This first episode of the Heroin wars begins in the 1960's when the Burmese Army seized power in a coup and the Shans began a war of independence. Opium was the Shan farmers' only source of income and the guerillas began to take 10% of the crop as tax and transported it in convoys to Thail...

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Corporate Authors: Carlton Television, WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), Frontline Television News, Bullfrog Films
Other Authors: Cowell, Adrian (Commentator, Director), Kirk, Michael (Producer)
Other title:Opium convoys
Format: Electronic Video
Language:English
Burmese
Published: [Oley, PA] : [Distributed by] Bullfrog Films, [2014]
Subjects:
Heroin.
Opium trade > Golden Triangle (Southeast Asia)
Opium trade > Government policy > Burma.
Opium trade > Thailand.
Opium trade > Burma.
Opium poppy growers > Burma.
Drug traffic > Southeast Asia > Golden Triangle > History.
Drug traffic > Burma.
Drug control > Burma.
Burma > History > Autonomy and independence movements.
Burma > Economic conditions.
Golden Triangle (Southeast Asia) > History.
United States > Foreign relations > Burma.
Burma > Foreign relations > United States.
Burma > Politics and government > 1948-
Autonomy and independence movements.
Diplomatic relations.
Drug control.
Drug traffic.
Economic history.
Opium poppy growers.
Opium trade.
Opium trade > Government policy.
Politics and government.
Asia > Golden Triangle.
Burma.
Thailand.
United States.
Since 1948
Documentary films.
Feature films.
History.
Nonfiction films.

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