The Fire Next Door: Mexico's Drug Violence and the Danger to America

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Since the Mexican government initiated a military offensive against its country’s powerful drug cartels in December 2006, some 50,000 people have perished and the drugs continue to flow. In The Fire Next Door, Ted Galen Carpenter boldly conveys the growing horror overtaking Mexico and makes the case that the only effective strategy for the United States is to abandon its failed drug prohibition policy, thus depriving drug cartels of financial resources.
Since the Mexican government initiated a military offensive against its country’s powerful drug cartels in December 2006, some 50,000 people have perished and the drugs continue to flow. In The Fire Next Door, Ted Galen Carpenter boldly conveys the growing horror overtaking Mexico and makes the c...

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erudder42
January 11, 2017
Thoroughly detailed and exciting!
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Ted Galen Carpenter is senior fellow for defense and foreign policy studies at the Cato Institute. He is the author of 8 books and the editor of 10 books on international affairs, including Smart Power: Toward a Prudent Foreign Policy for America. Carpenter is contributing editor to the National Interest, serves on the editorial boards of Mediterranean Quarterly and the Journal of Strategic Studies.

Ted Galen Carpenter is senior fellow for defense and foreign policy studies at the Cato Institute. He is the author of 8 books and the editor of 10 books on international affairs, including Smart Power: Toward a Prudent Foreign Policy for America. Carpenter is contributing editor to the National ...

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