The Opium Queen: The Untold Story of the Rebel Who Ruled the Golden Triangle by Paluch, Gabrielle
The Opium Queen: The Untold Story of the Rebel Who Ruled the Golden Triangle by Paluch, Gabrielle

The Opium Queen: The Untold Story of the Rebel Who Ruled the Golden Triangle

Opium Queen is the true story of the widely mythologized genderqueer Burmese opium-pioneer of noble Chinese descent,...
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Author: Gabrielle Paluch
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The Opium Queen: The Untold Story of the Rebel Who Ruled the Golden Triangle by Paluch, Gabrielle

The Opium Queen: The Untold Story of the Rebel Who Ruled the Golden Triangle

$317.61
The Opium Queen: The Untold Story of the Rebel Who Ruled the Golden Triangle by Paluch, Gabrielle

The Opium Queen: The Untold Story of the Rebel Who Ruled the Golden Triangle

$317.61
Author: Gabrielle Paluch
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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Opium Queen is the true story of the widely mythologized genderqueer Burmese opium-pioneer of noble Chinese descent, Olive Yang, who secretly ran an anti-communist rebel army supported by the CIA in the 1950s heyday of the Golden Triangle. Olive Yang was a widely mythologized genderqueer lesbian opium-pioneer in the 1950s heyday of the Golden Triangle. After escaping an arranged marriage with a noble cousin, Olive felt that she had no choice but to lead a life of banditry with an anti-communist rebel army supported by the CIA. As her smuggling empire grew, she became so powerful and infamous, novelists were inspired to write about her evil ruthlessness and beauty. Yet, Olive's real life and identity remained a mystery to many. To the Kokang people whom the Yang family once ruled, Olive was both folk-hero and villain. To the communists Olive's men harassed, she was the saboteur of the historic Sino-Burmese border agreement. To the generals who jailed her at the dawn of the Burmese military era, she was a national security threat. And to at least one man at the CIA, she was "Miss Hairy Legs." Opium Queen is a journey to uncover the true story behind the propaganda and legends. Declassified intelligence documents portray Olive as a critical operator in one of the most important fronts of the clandestine Cold War against China. Through extensive interviews with the Yang family, Olive emerges as a complex anti-hero, searching for a way to live as an open homosexual, in an era when such a lifestyle was considered deeply shameful in Burma. The great military alliances that facilitate narcotics traffic in Myanmar today are Olive's lasting legacy in the Golden Triangle, as is the disenfranchisement of the people of Kokang. Through the story of Olive's formidable life, Opium Queen examines historic events that underpinned critical diplomatic relationships between the U.S., Myanmar, and China; and were at the root of Myanmar's current political crisis.

Author: Gabrielle Paluch
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 04/15/2023
Pages: 236
Binding Type: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781538131978
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