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Blood Brothers
Bertil Lintner
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Description for Blood Brothers
Paperback. Num Pages: 470 pages, biography. BIC Classification: YQS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 236 x 27. Weight in Grams: 708.
From pirates singing Ricky Martin to mob hits carried out with samurai swords, Bertil Lintner offers a fascinating look at organized crime in the Asia Pacific. Both Western and Asian pundits assert that shady deals are an Asian way of life. Some argue that corruption and illicit business ventures - gambling, prostitution, drug trafficking, gun running, oil smuggling - are entrenched parts of the Asian value system. Yet many Asian leaders maintain that their cities are safer than Sydney, Amsterdam, New York, and Los Angeles. Making use of expertise gained from twenty years of living in Asia, Lintner exposes the ... Read more
From pirates singing Ricky Martin to mob hits carried out with samurai swords, Bertil Lintner offers a fascinating look at organized crime in the Asia Pacific. Both Western and Asian pundits assert that shady deals are an Asian way of life. Some argue that corruption and illicit business ventures - gambling, prostitution, drug trafficking, gun running, oil smuggling - are entrenched parts of the Asian value system. Yet many Asian leaders maintain that their cities are safer than Sydney, Amsterdam, New York, and Los Angeles. Making use of expertise gained from twenty years of living in Asia, Lintner exposes the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
470
Condition
New
Number of Pages
470
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349731282
SKU
V9781349731282
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Ref
99-15
About Bertil Lintner
BERTIL LINTNER has lived in Thailand since 1979. He is currently the Burma and Laos Correspondent for the Far Eastern Economic Review. He has written articles for Asian, American and European publications, published several books and since 1985 has made regular contributions to The Asia Yearbook. He is widely respected as an authority on crime in Asia.
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