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Smoke and Ashes

Book • 2025

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Mentioned in 5 episodes

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William Dalrymple
as a great book on the opium wars.
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248. Victorian Narcos: Sex, Drugs, & The Opium Agency (Ep 2)
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William Dalrymple
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Anita Anand
as a source of information about the opium trade in India.
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251. Victorian Narcos: Flooding China With Indian Opium (Ep 5)
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William Dalrymple
as a book drawing parallels between China's post-Opium War soul-searching and the rise of MAGA and Trump.
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255. Victorian Narcos: From Opium To Fentanyl (Ep 9)
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William Dalrymple
as a fabulous book on the Opium Wars.
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254. Victorian Narcos: Fire Monkeys, Iron Gunships, & Peasant Warfare (Ep 8)
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Dan Hill
for its exploration of unforeseen consequences in system design.
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David Naiman
mentions it as Amitav Ghosh's book where plants are posited as protagonists.
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