The Opium Empire: Japanese Imperialism and Drug Trafficking in Asia, 1895-1945 (171)
作者 John M. Jennings (Author)
鸦片帝国： 日本帝国主义与亚洲毒品贩运，1895-1945 年（171）
作者 John M. Jennings (Author)
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远东国际军事法庭（IMTFE）认定日本蓄意将滥用毒品作为武器，以推进其在亚洲的帝国主义目标。本研究提供了从 1895 年吞并台湾到第二次世界大战结束期间国际军事法庭调查结果背后的历史背景。鉴于毒品在亚洲政治、经济和文化中的渗透程度，日本作为帝国主义强国的崛起必然会导致与鸦片和麻醉品贸易的接触，并越来越多地参与其中。本研究认为，这种参与的性质不应简单地理解为对亚洲人民下药使其屈服的阴谋，而应理解为日本帝国主义的总体曲折。因此，鸦片和毒品与其说是日本帝国主义在亚洲的武器，不如说是日本帝国主义在亚洲的隐喻。
The International Military Tribunal for the Far East (IMTFE) found Japan guilty of deliberately promoting drug abuse as a weapon to further its imperialistic aims in Asia. This study provides the historical context behind the IMTFE's findings from the annexation of Taiwan in 1895 to the end of World War II. Given the extent to which drug use permeated the politics, economy, and culture of Asia, it was inevitable that Japan's rise as an imperial power would lead to contact with, and increasing involvement in, the opium and narcotics trade. This study argues that the nature of that involvement should be understood not simply in terms of a conspiracy to drug the people of Asia into submission, but rather as indicative of the general twists and turns of Japanese imperialism. Thus, opium and narcotics emerge not so much as a weapon of, but rather as a metaphor for, Japanese imperialism in Asia.
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