The Border Challenge : An Insider's Guide to Stopping Drugs at America's Borders.
Title:
The Border Challenge : An Insider's Guide to Stopping Drugs at America's Borders.
Author:
Andrews, T. Michael.
ISBN:
9780761857099
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (112 pages)
Contents:
Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Thresholds of Concern -- Part I: The Federal Response to Fighting Drugs -- Chapter 2: Organizing and Financing Drug Enforcement -- Chapter 3: Political Leadership for Drug Policy -- Chapter 4: Turf Wars Empower Drug Traffickers -- Part II: Securing Our Borders -- Chapter 5: Fighting Drugs and Violence along Our Southwest Border -- Chapter 6: Intercepting the Business of Illegal Drugs -- Chapter 7: Sharing Drug Intelligence after 9/11 -- Part III: Fortifying Near and Distant Borders -- Chapter 8: Fighting Drugs along Our Northern Border -- Chapter 9: Fighting Drugs in Indian Country -- Chapter 10: The Drug-Terror Nexus -- Epilogue: The Border Challenge -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Chronology: Legislative Milestones and Popular Events in Controlling Illegal Drugs, 1911-2011 -- Notes.
Abstract:
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.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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