Campbells interviews with authorities paint an effective portrait of the inherent frustration. Drug war zone henceforth dwz is an orienting frame that helps explain how political and cultural connections and separations are materially and discursively produced and reproduced through drugtrafficking and lawenforcement activities. It presents an interesting and in depth perspective on the drug culture. Johnston, is produced by university press audiobooks.
Further, he provides a look at the devastating effects an increasing american market for mexican marijuana, cocaine, and methamphetamine has had on the cartelbased struggles for control of that market. Campos also counters the standard narrative of modern drug wars, which casts global drug. Its not just that americans buy drugs from and sell weapons to mexicos murderous cartels. A dialogue between howard campbell and tobin hansen. Half of the book consists of oral histories from drug traffickers, and the other half from law enforcement officials. Drug war zone henceforth dwz is an orienting frame that helps explain how political and cultural connections and separations are materially and discursively produced and reproduced through drug trafficking and law. Howard campbell author, jim d johnston narrator, university press audiobooks publisher. At a time when drugrelated atrocities occurring along the usmexican border appear in the news with regularity, and when the new york times highlights a female drug crime wave that has increased women inmates in mexico by 400 percent since 2007, 1 howard campbells book dives right into the eye of the storm. It is the first social science study of the violent drug war that is tearing mexico apart.
South dallas, texas was another frontline in the drug wars during the 1980sa war zone of crack houses, killings, unemployment and residents fighting to win back their community. Buy a discounted paperback of drug war zone online from australias leading online bookstore. Based on deep access to the drug smuggling world, this study presents the drug war through the eyes and lives of direct participants. Search for library items search for lists search for contacts search for a library. Drug war zone ebook by howard campbell rakuten kobo. Extreme violence and terrorism in mexico small wars journal. Mexican journalists have given their lives in covering the drug war, and their work is essential to any scholar of drug studies. A functional government and law enforcement such as found in the us provides friction, and again, friction lowers profit. My experience may be the most typical one, but this is probably the only place youll ever read about it by van deventer, charles newsweek, july 2, 2001. Narco warfare in the 21st century by rusty fleming was ok. Howard campbell audio books, best sellers, author bio. There are only a limited number of ways that readers can be reminded of the desperate acts of human sacrifice that go on every day in this country, or of the by now calamitous statistics.
Howard campbell talked about his book drug war zone. Transnational crime made a trillion dollars in 2016. Gripping firsthand accounts of the drug war on the u. Home grown thus traces the deep roots of the antidrug ideology and prohibitionist policies that anchor the drug war violence that engulfs mexico today. The blue one, is a mexican drug lord and leader of the sinaloa cartel, a drug trafficking organization. Additionally, he is the author of a bilingual childrens book titled a dog named pavlovun.
A book i read a year ago was pretty good called drug war zone. Transnational crime made a trillion dollars in 2016 medium. Campbell condemns the official us war on drugs as a hypocritical, racist, and counterproductive campaign that fails to confront the reality of highlevel state corruption and the covert, deeprooted criminal infrastructure. Mexico border from drug traffickers and law enforcement officials. List of books and articles about war on drugs online. He is the author or editor of six academic volumes including a 2009 book from university of texas press called drug war zone. Juarez has become the most violent city in the mexican drug war. It is the transnational, fluid cultural space in which contending forces battle over the meaning, value, and control of drugs. Loveland loves to read friends of loveland public library. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading drug war zone. In addition to book discussions, a variety of related events are scheduled. Enemy territory provides friction, and friction lowers profit. Winner, southwest book award, border regional library association, 201. Drug war annotated bibliography research methods annotated.
High seas, and the sting that launched the war on drugs. It implies that the ongoing bloodbath, which has now killed well over 100,000 people, is an internal mexican affair. Juarezs drug violence in headline features over the past few years. Loveland loves to read is our annual one book, one community program. For this years main loveland loves to read event, authors paolo bacigalupi the water knife and patty limerick a ditch in time. Leaning on the excellent work of innovative thinkers like howard campbell, author of drug war zone. The city, the west, and water participated in a conversation moderated by brian werner northern colorado water conservancy district, followed by questions from the audience, and a book signing. As trump demands wall, violence soars in mexico and ciudad juarez. In addition to providing an upclose, 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 antinarcotics officials, and the perilous culture of drug trafficking that campbell refers to as the drug war zone. Texas, has become the most violent city in the mexican drug war. Each year, community members come together through the reading and discussion of a common book. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Drug war zone by howard campbell overdrive rakuten. But this diverts attention from the us role in creating and sustaining the carnage.
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