{"product_id":"drug-war-zone-frontline-dispatches-from-the-streets-of-el-paso-and-juarez-paperback-softback-9780292721791","title":"Drug War Zone; Frontline Dispatches from the Streets of El Paso and Juárez (Paperback \/ softback) 9780292721791","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eDrug War Zone\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eFrontline Dispatches from the Streets of El Paso and Juárez\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eHoward Campbell (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780292721791\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 October 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e336 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.54 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner, Southwest Book Award, Border Regional Library Association, 2011\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThousands of people die in drug-related violence every year in Mexico. Ciudad JuÁrez, Chihuahua, adjacent to El Paso, Texas, has become the most violent city in the Mexican drug war. Much of the cocaine, marijuana, and methamphetamine consumed in the United States is imported across the Mexican border, making El Paso\/JuÁrez one of the major drug-trafficking venues in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this anthropological study of drug trafficking and anti-drug law enforcement efforts on the U.S.-Mexico border, Howard Campbell uses an ethnographic perspective to chronicle the recent Mexican drug war, focusing especially on people and events in the El Paso\/JuÁrez area. It is the first social science study of the violent drug war that is tearing Mexico apart.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBased on deep access to the drug-smuggling world, this study presents the drug war through the eyes and lives of direct participants. Half of the book consists of oral histories from drug traffickers, and the other half from law enforcement officials. There is much journalistic coverage of the drug war, but very seldom are the lived experiences of traffickers and \"narcs\" presented in such vivid detail. In addition to providing an up-close, personal view of the drug-trafficking world, Campbell explains and analyzes the functioning of drug cartels, the corruption that facilitates drug trafficking, the strategies of smugglers and anti-narcotics officials, and the perilous culture of drug trafficking that Campbell refers to as the \"Drug War Zone.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart I. Smuggling in the Drug War Zone\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLa Nacha: The Heroin Queen of JuÁ\u003cbr\u003erez\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Roots of Contraband Smuggling in El Paso\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFemale Drug Lord\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCommunity-Based Drug Use, Smuggling, and Dealing in the 1970s and 1980s\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSelling Drugs in Downtown JuÁ\u003cbr\u003erez: Juan and Jorge\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Young Smuggler and His Family\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBlaxicans: The Life of a Chicano Smuggler and Musician on the Borderlines of African American and Mexican American Culture\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDrug Addiction and Drug Trafficking in the Life of an Anarchist\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDrug Smuggling through Tunnels: The Tale of a Scuba-Diving Instructor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWitness to a JuÁ\u003cbr\u003erez Drug Killing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart II. Law Enforcement in the Drug War Zone\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUndercover Agent on the Border: Cultural Disguises\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Death of Francisco\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA JuÁ\u003cbr\u003erez Policeman Fighting Drug Traffickers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJournalism and Drug Trafficking: Covering the Narco Beat on the Border\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePatrolling the Drug War Zone: A Border Patrol Agent in the War on Drugs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntelligence and the Drug War: Commander of an Antidrug Task Force on the Border\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExcerpt from Weed: Adventures of a Dope Smuggler, by Jerry Kamstra\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAgent against Prohibition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEpilogue and Conclusion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReferences\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52530854789400,"sku":"9780292721791","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/drug-war-zone-frontline-dispatches-from-the-streets-of-el-paso-and-juarez-paperback-softback-9780292721791","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}