The Border Challenge : An Insider's View of Stopping Drugs at America's Borders / T. Michael Andrews.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Andrews, T. Michael.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Border security.

Politics International Relations.

Politics.

Drug traffic.

Physical Description:

xv, 128 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : University Press of America, [2012]

Summary:

This book presents an insider's view of the federal government's dual mission to stop the flow of illegal drugs across our borders and to prevent streams of drug money from financing drug cartels, insurgents, and terrorists. Andrews focuses on current challenges facing federal drug enforcement agencies.

Contents:

1 Thresholds of Concern 1

Part I The Federal Response to Fighting Drugs

2 Organizing and Financing Drug Enforcement 11

3 Political Leadership for Drug Policy 17

4 Turf Wars Empower Drug Traffickers 35

Part II Securing Our Borders

5 Fighting Drugs and Violence along Our Southwest Border 41

6 Intercepting the Business of Illegal Drugs 52

7 Sharing Drug Intelligence after 9/11 59

Part III Fortifying Near and Distant Borders

8 Fighting Drugs along Our Northern Border 69

9 Fighting Drugs in Indian Country 73

10 The Drag-Terror Nexus 79.

ISBN:

9780761857082

0761857087

OCLC:

780307914