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1. All Editions
- The Original Publication Date is missing. It should be January 30, 2024.
- Since the US and UK editions have different titles, the original title needs to be set to the US title (since that’s where it was first published): Narcotopia: In Search of the Asian Drug Cartel That Survived the CIA
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2. UK Kindle Edition: Narcotopia: In Search of the Asian Drug Cartel that Outwitted the CIA (ASIN B0CP4T5MG1)
- The description is missing formatting and has an incorrect paragraph break. It should read as follows:
Award-winning journalist – and author of Hello, Shadowlands – Patrick Winn reveals the inside story of a forbidden republic – the narco-state of the Wa.
The jagged mountains dividing China and Burma belong to the Wa, an indigenous group who have outwitted the CIA to create the world’s mightiest narco-state, controlling more territory than Israel and with more troops than Sweden. Are they crime lords? Or visionaries?
Wa State has become a real nation with its own highways, anthems, schools and flags. Its leaders promise freedom, using profits from trafficking heroin and meth to attain what China’s other frontier peoples, Tibetans and Uyghurs, can only dream of: a state of their own. Patrick Winn embarks on a risky journey of discovery, chasing clues about the forbidden republic from Thailand to Burma to the secretive Wa State itself.
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3. Digital Audiobook Edition: Narcotopia: In Search of the Asian Drug Cartel That Survived the CIA (ISBN 9781668632864)
- The ISBN-10 1668632861 also needs to be set as the ASIN to prevent the Goodreads bot from causing issues.
- The publisher is incorrect. It should be Hachette Audio.
- The date published is incorrect. It should be February 6, 2024.
- The page count is missing. It should be 16.
- The edition language is missing. It should be English.
- The cover art is missing. Available here: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/wp-...
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4. Missing Edition: US Ebook
TITLE: Narcotopia: In Search of the Asian Drug Cartel That Survived the CIA
AUTHOR: Patrick Winn
ISBN-10: 1541701976
ISBN-13: 9781541701977
ASIN: 1541701976
PUBLISHER: PublicAffairs
DATE PUBLISHED: January 30, 2024
NUMBER OF PAGES: 384
FORMAT: Ebook
DESCRIPTION:
The gripping true story of an indigenous people running the world’s mightiest narco-state—and America’s struggle to thwart them.
In Asia’s narcotics-producing heartland, the Wa reign supreme. They dominate the Golden Triangle, a mountainous stretch of Burma between Thailand and China. Their 30,000-strong army, wielding missiles and attack drones, makes Mexican cartels look like street gangs.
Wa moguls are unrivaled in the region’s $60 billion meth trade and infamous for mass-producing pink, vanilla-scented speed pills. Drugs finance Wa State, a bona fide nation with its own laws, anthems, schools, and electricity grid. Though revered by their people, Wa leaders are scorned by US policymakers as vicious “kingpins” who “poison our society for profit.”
In Narcotopia, award-winning journalist Patrick Winn uncovers the truth behind Asia’s top drug-trafficking organization, as told by a Wa commander turned DEA informant. This gripping narrative shreds drug war myths and leads to a chilling revelation: the Wa syndicate’s origins are smudged with CIA fingerprints.
This is a saga of native people tapping the power of narcotics to create a nation where there was none before — and covert US intelligence operations gone wrong.
EDITION LANGUAGE: English
COVER ART: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/wp-...
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5. Missing Edition: US Audible
TITLE: Narcotopia: In Search of the Asian Drug Cartel That Survived the CIA
AUTHOR: Patrick Winn
ASIN: B0C5G8Z9RY
PUBLISHER: PublicAffairs
DATE PUBLISHED: February 6, 2024
NUMBER OF PAGES: 16
FORMAT: Audible
DESCRIPTION:
The gripping true story of an indigenous people running the world’s mightiest narco-state—and America’s struggle to thwart them.
In Asia’s narcotics-producing heartland, the Wa reign supreme. They dominate the Golden Triangle, a mountainous stretch of Burma between Thailand and China. Their 30,000-strong army, wielding missiles and attack drones, makes Mexican cartels look like street gangs.
Wa moguls are unrivaled in the region’s $60 billion meth trade and infamous for mass-producing pink, vanilla-scented speed pills. Drugs finance Wa State, a bona fide nation with its own laws, anthems, schools, and electricity grid. Though revered by their people, Wa leaders are scorned by US policymakers as vicious “kingpins” who “poison our society for profit.”
This is a saga of native people tapping the power of narcotics to create a nation where there was none before—and covert US intelligence operations gone wrong.
EDITION LANGUAGE: English
COVER ART: https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/5...
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6. Missing Edition: UK Hardcover
TITLE: Narcotopia: In Search of the Asian Drug Cartel That Outwitted the CIA
AUTHOR: Patrick Winn
ISBN-10: 1785789732
ISBN-13: 9781785789731
ASIN: 1785789732
PUBLISHER: Icon Books
DATE PUBLISHED: February 1, 2024
NUMBER OF PAGES: 384
FORMAT: Hardcover
DESCRIPTION: [same as Entry 2]
EDITION LANGUAGE: English
COVER ART: https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/8...
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7. Missing Edition: UK Ebook
TITLE: Narcotopia: In Search of the Asian Drug Cartel That Outwitted the CIA
AUTHOR: Patrick Winn
ISBN-10: 1785789740
ISBN-13: 9781785789748
ASIN: 1785789740
PUBLISHER: Icon Books
DATE PUBLISHED: February 1, 2024
FORMAT: Ebook
DESCRIPTION: [same as Entry 2]
EDITION LANGUAGE: English
COVER ART: https://www.iconbooks.com/wp-content/...
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8. Missing Edition: UK Audible
TITLE: Narcotopia: In Search of the Asian Drug Cartel That Outwitted the CIA
AUTHOR: Patrick Winn
ASIN: B0C5G8Z9RY
PUBLISHER: W.F. Howes Ltd
DATE PUBLISHED: March 7, 2024
NUMBER OF PAGES: 16
FORMAT: Audible
DESCRIPTION:
The jagged mountains dividing China and Burma belong to the Wa, an indigenous group who have outwitted the CIA to create the world's mightiest narco-state, controlling more territory than Israel and with more troops than Sweden. Are they crime lords? Or visionaries?
Wa State has become a real nation with its own highways, anthems, schools and flags. Its leaders promise a utopia, using profits from trafficking heroin and meth to attain what China's other frontier peoples, Tibetans and Uighurs, can only dream of: a state of their own. Patrick Winn (author of Hello, Shadowlands) embarks on a risky journey of discovery, chasing clues about the forbidden republic from Thailand to Burma to the secretive Wa State itself.
EDITION LANGUAGE: English
COVER ART: https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/5...