{"product_id":"the-three-usmexico-border-wars-drugs-immigration-and-homeland-security-praeger-security-international","title":"The Three U.S.-Mexico Border Wars: Drugs  Immigration  and Homeland Security (Praeger Security International)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book addresses the three central issues that continue to dominate the U.S.-Mexico relationship today: drugs  immigration  and security. Nowhere is this more palpable than at the 2 000-mile border shared by the two countries.  The U.S.-Mexico border remains a hot topic in the newsand a contentious one. This second edition of a popular work brings readers up to date on what is really going on at the U.S.-Mexico border and why. The book offers a detailed  history-based examination of the evolution of current conditions on the border  arguing that they exist due to a steady growth in the security concerns of the United States over almost two centuries. The author shows how the border has gone through four historical stages that  ultimately  have crippled the region  sacrificing its ability to produce prosperity in exchange for greater security.  Combining depth and breadth  the book covers the economic relationship between Mexico and the United States  the deployment of technology  the bureaucratic interests that control the border landscape  the democratic deficit  and a detrimental lack of policy coordination. Issues such as drug trafficking and homeland security are considered as well. Demonstrating the internal and contradictory logic of American policy toward the border  the author argues that current conditions could lead to a return of authoritarianism in Mexico and a concurrent rise in anti-American sentiment.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44986719371317,"sku":"ByrdShop_1440835411","price":51.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781440835414.jpg?v=1770914994","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-three-usmexico-border-wars-drugs-immigration-and-homeland-security-praeger-security-international","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}