{"product_id":"drug-war-zone-howard-campbell-9780292721791","title":"Drug War Zone: Frontline Dispatches from the Streets of El Paso and Ju疵ez","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner, Southwest Book Award, Border Regional Library Association, 2011\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThousands of people die in drug-related violence every year in Mexico. Ciudad Ju疵ez, Chihuahua, adjacent to El Paso, Texas, has become the most violent city in the Mexican drug war. Much of the cocaine, marijuana, and methamphetamine consumed in the United States is imported across the Mexican border, making El Paso\/Ju疵ez one of the major drug-trafficking venues in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this anthropological study of drug trafficking and anti-drug law enforcement efforts on the U.S.-Mexico border, Howard Campbell uses an ethnographic perspective to chronicle the recent Mexican drug war, focusing especially on people and events in the El Paso\/Ju疵ez area. It is the first social science study of the violent drug war that is tearing Mexico apart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on deep access to the drug-smuggling world, this study presents the drug war through the eyes and lives of direct participants. Half of the book consists of oral histories from drug traffickers, and the other half from law enforcement officials. There is much journalistic coverage of the drug war, but very seldom are the lived experiences of traffickers and \"narcs\" presented in such vivid detail. In addition to providing an up-close, 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 anti-narcotics officials, and the perilous culture of drug trafficking that Campbell refers to as the \"Drug War Zone.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Howard Campbell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 029272179X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780292721791\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Texas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 6.00w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/28\/2010 pg. 46","brand":"Howard Campbell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43913557180671,"sku":"9780292721791","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_539bcff1-a552-4212-a910-6206a804af21.jpg?v=1680621039","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/drug-war-zone-howard-campbell-9780292721791","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}