The Opium War and Tim Stanley Oil and the Axis

Oil and the Axis

Floor Plan

artist Frédéric Forest

a former World War II paratrooper and New England radical who was sent to the South by the Communist Party to recruit African Americans to the cause while offering them a chance at increased freedom

The Opium War and Tim Stanley Oil and the Axis"A crisp and readable account A heartbreaking story of a war." (Washington Post) The Opium War is both the story of Chinas first conflict with the West and an analysis of the countrys contemporary self image. It explores how Chinas national myths mold its interactions with the outside world, how public memory is spun to serve the present; and how delusion and prejudice have bedeviled its relationship with the modern West. The conflict turned out to be