Opium Traders and Their Worlds-Volume Two: A Revisionist Exposé of the World's Greatest Opium Traders

M. Kienholz

Oct 2008 · iUniverse

About this ebook

Opium Traders-Volume Two continues the history of opium commerce at a point where the Sassoons of Persia, closely connected with the Rothchilds, won control of the trade. The Sassoons celebrated when the monopoly of the British East India Company was repealed; they used their business expertise and parliamentary connections in London to grab nearly 80% of the drug trade out of India. Connections with British royalty made possible their important involvement in securing Israel as the Jewish Homeland. The Sassoons' extensive holdings in India and China were encroached upon as a result of India's independence movement and China's takeover by communists.

Indian independence strengthened the hold of the Parsee family of Tatas, who, in the 21st Century are advertising the development of a "People's car" estimated to cost about $2,500. China's takeover by communists, who now hold a monopoly of China's expansive opium trade, followed the Taiping and Boxer Rebellions and the revolution of Sun Yat-sen and Chiang Kai-chek. These militant movements are summarized.

Japan's exploitation of opium in the Manchuria-Manchukuo era, through secret societies, is detailed.

The opium trade of East Asia and the Middle East is further elaborated in descriptions of the cultivation of poppies of Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Russia, Turkey, Burma, Vietnam, Afghanistan and Indonesian territories.

Contemporary poppy fields of Mallinckrodt, opium and labor smuggling during the years of railroad building and Mafia activity in the United States are addressed.

Ratings and reviews

"Opium Traders..." Volume II surprisingly connects the dots between political activism by traders and their bankers in the opium trade. The author takes you around the world with the great opium families, who entertained royalty and hired famous musicians and stage figures to perform in their homes. Any reader who wishes to learn how the Rothschilds captured their initial capital to organize banks for use by the Sassoons, how the Dreyfus Affair was manipulated and how the homeland of Israel was secured will find this book a fascinating read. The same might be said of the Tata dynasty, who were involved in bringing nuclear fission to India and who built the largest steel mill in India. Opium was involved in the Fan Kwae rebellion in China and, when China itself went into the opium trade after the East India Company got millions of Chinese hooked on opium, China herself became a major producer of the drug.

About the author

M. Kienholz retired from eighteen years with the Spokane Police Department and has spent decades studying law enforcement, including the narcotics trade. She served as a partner in a civilian intelligence service for many years. She holds Bachelors of Arts in Business Administration and General Studies from Eastern Washington University.