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Smoke and Ashes
Book • 2025
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as a great book on the opium wars.


William Dalrymple

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248. Victorian Narcos: Sex, Drugs, & The Opium Agency (Ep 2)
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as a source of information about the opium trade in India.


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Anita Anand

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251. Victorian Narcos: Flooding China With Indian Opium (Ep 5)
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as a book drawing parallels between China's post-Opium War soul-searching and the rise of MAGA and Trump.


William Dalrymple

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255. Victorian Narcos: From Opium To Fentanyl (Ep 9)
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as a fabulous book on the Opium Wars.


William Dalrymple

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254. Victorian Narcos: Fire Monkeys, Iron Gunships, & Peasant Warfare (Ep 8)
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for its exploration of unforeseen consequences in system design.


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