Editing Gerald Posner (section)

=== ''Warlords of Crime'' ===
In 1988, Posner published ''Warlords of Crime: Chinese Secret Societies: The New Mafia'', an exposé of [[Triad (organized crime)|Triads]] and international heroin syndicates. Posner, and his wife, Trisha, traveled to Hong Kong, the [[Golden Triangle (Southeast Asia)|Golden Triangle]], the Netherlands, San Francisco, London and New York to conduct in-person research with drug traffickers.<ref name="bitterlawyer.com"/> Clarence Petersen, reviewing the book for the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'', commented, "Posner ... is persuasive for the facts he gathered, all the more so because his narrative is largely the story of how he got the story, what he was told by the criminals and by law enforcement agents here and abroad and, most persuasive of all, what he saw with his own eyes. He does not dramatize; he doesn't have to. The chilling story he unearthed speaks for itself."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1990/02/04/warlords-of-crime-chinese-secret-societies-the/ |title=Warlords of Crime: Review |work= [[Chicago Tribune]] |author= Clarence Petersen  |date=February 4, 1990 |access-date=March 9, 2015 }}</ref> Former New York detective and best-selling novelist, [[Dorothy Uhnak]], wrote in ''[[The New York Times]]'' that "''Warlords of Crime'' is powerful, frightening and, unfortunately, nonfiction."<ref>Warlords of Crime: Review, by Dorothy Uhnak, ''The New York Times'', Book Review, October 9, 1988, p. BR35</ref>

[[Touchstone Pictures]] purchased the film rights to ''Warlords of Crime''.<ref name="Outtakes 1989, p. 36">"Outtakes: Coming to America," by Pat H. Broeske, ''Los Angeles Times'', March 12, 1989, Calendar Section, p. 36</ref>