Mexicos criminal insurgency
Subtitle: a small wars journal--El Centro anthology
By: John P. Sullivan and Robert J. Bunker, primary authors
Contributors: Bunker, Robert J.; Small Wars Journal (Firm)
Publisher: iUniverse Inc
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Bloomington, IN
Language: eng
Number of pages: 187
ISBN-13: 9781475927290; 9781475927306
Subjects: Organized crime; Counterinsurgency; Cartels; Drug traffic; Insurgency; Transnational crime
Description: This anthology represents some of the best and brightest scholars of today who are writing on the evolving security environment in Mexico and the implications this may hold for the United States. These essays enhance our understanding of crime wars and criminal insurgencies -- 21st century war and conflict waged by non-state entities -- and the impact this new form of warfare is having on states.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-184).
Table of contents: title: Iraq & the Americas : 3 GEN gangs lessons and prospects / Robert J. Bunker and John P. Sullivan; title: State of siege : Mexico's criminal insurgency / John P. Sullivan and Adam Elkus; title: Plazas for profit : Mexico's criminal insurgency / John P. Sullivan and Adam Elkus; title: Future conflict : criminal insurgencies, gangs and intelligence / John P. Sullivan; title: Third-generation gangs and criminal insurgency in Latin America / Hal Brands; title: A volatile brew / Robert Killebrew; title: Cartel v. cartel : Mexico's criminal insurgency / John P. Sullivan and Adam Elkus; title: Criminal insurgencies in the Americas / John P. Sullivan; title: The spiritual significance of ¿Plata o Plomo? / Pamela L. Bunker and Robert J. Bunker; title: Explosive escalation? : reflections on the car bombing in Ciudad Juarez / John P. Sullivan; title: The US strategic imperative must shift from Iraq/Afghanistan to Mexico/the Americas and the stabilization of Europe / Robert J. Bunker; title: Criminal insurgencies in Mexico : web and social media resources / Robert J. Bunker and John P. Sullivan; title: The Mexican cartel debate : as viewed through five divergent fields of security studies / Robert J. Bunker; title: Attacks on journalists and "new media" in Mexico's drug war : a power and counter power assessment / John P. Sullivan; title: Extreme barbarism, a death cult, and holy warriors in Mexico : societal warfare south of the border? / Robert J. Bunker and John P. Sullivan.