Patrick Winn
Author
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
xiv, 364 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"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...
Author
Publisher
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Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
xxix, 414 pages : maps ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
An expose of Southeast Asia's criminal underworld in the 21st century and its surprising links to the West. Hello, Shadowlands is the story of Southeast Asia's anarchic enclaves and their hidden connections to the West. There is no better place to observe the clash between old codes and the pressures of the 21st century than on the darker parts of the map, beyond the tourist trail, where armed clans rule. Spanning Thailand's insurgency zone to the...