255. Victorian Narcos: From Opium To Fentanyl (Ep 9)
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Hello and welcome to Empire with me, Anita Arnim. And me, William De Riple. Quite excited about this episode. We've been fangirling and fanboying about him, but the author of Imperial Twilight, dismantling the myth. of the Opian War, Stephen Platt.
We've been talking about you a lot during this series and about your wonderful book. Thank you so much for taking the time to speak to us. Really appreciate it. Thanks so much for having me here. And Steve has got a new book that's coming out very soon, May the 13th.
Tell us quickly about that. Everyone is your fan on this program now. It's a World War II book about a US Marine who embedded with the Chinese Communist Army, learned their tactics of guerrilla warfare and then imported them into the US Marines. Ha. So like Julia, you've moved forward in time from the Opium Wars.
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