TY  - BOOK
AU  - WONG J Y
TI  - Deadly dreams: opium, imperialism and the "Arrow" war (1856-60) in China
SN  - 0521552559 (hbk.):
PY  - 1998///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge Univ Press
KW  - BRITAIN
KW  - FOREIGN RELATIONS
KW  - CHINA
KW  - HISTORY
KW  - OPIUM WARS
N2  - The "Arrow war" arose from an alleged insult to the British flag on the sailing vessel Arrow, but in reality - according to this book - was about protecting and extending British trading interests and involved all the major powers of the time except the Austro-Hungarian empire
ER  -