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The opium queen the untold story of the rebel who ruled the Golden Triangle

"Opium Queen is the true story of the widely mythologized genderqueer Burmese opium-pioneer of noble Chinese descent, Olive Yang, who secretly ran an anti-communist rebel army supported by the CIA in the 1950s heyday of the Golden Triangle"--

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Main Author: Paluch, Gabrielle, 1985- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2023]
Subjects:
Yang, Olive, > 1927-2017.
Opium trade > Golden Triangle (Southeast Asia) > History > 20th century.
Gender-nonconforming people > Burma > Biography.
Anti-communist movements > Golden Triangle (Southeast Asia) > History > 20th century.
Golden Triangle (Southeast Asia) > History > 20th century.
Biographies.
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Table of Contents:
  • Formerly Known as Burma
  • Before There Was A Golden Triangle
  • Man, Woman, Myth, or Legend?
  • Olive's Coming-Out
  • A Curse on the House of Yang
  • Operation Paper and the Queen of Kokang
  • The Olive Branch
  • In Prison, in Love, in Mandalay
  • You Shall Not Say Her Name
  • Sensuous Opium Queen, Miss Hairy Legs
  • Call Me Uncle
  • A Shame to Earn Riches
  • The right man for a favor.

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