SWJ El Centro eBooks
Los Caballeros Templarios de Michoacán: Imagery, Symbolism, and Narratives provides in depth analysis—derived from a unique fusion of organized crime, insurgency (criminal and spiritual), and religious (and magico-religious) studies expertise—of a Mexican cartel that utilized Knights Templar archetypes. The 279 page work represents the first in the SWJ El Centro eBook series of publications. — Robert J. Bunker and Alma Keshavarz, Editors.
References
This is a temporary list, pending the launch of our revised Library section.
These books may be of interest to you. They are broken out by English & Spanish.
English
El Narco: Inside Mexico's Criminal Insurgency by Ioan Grillo
Mexico: Narco-Violence and a Failed State? by George W. Grayson
Narcos Over the Border: Gangs, Cartels and Mercenaries edited by Robert J. Bunker
Criminal-States and Criminal-Soldiers edited by Robert J. Bunker
The Transformation of War: The Most Radical Reinterpretation of Armed Conflict Since Clausewitz by Martin van Creveld
The Last Narco: Inside the Hunt for El Chapo, the World's Most-Wanted Drug Lord by Malcolm Beith
Drug Lord: The Life & Death of a Mexican Kingpin-A True Story by Terrence E. Poppa
The Bullet or the Bribe: Taking Down Colombia's Cali Drug Cartel by Ronald Chepesiuk
Drug Wars: Narco Warfare in the 21st Century by Gary "Rusty" Fleming
Cartel: The Coming Invasion of Mexico's Drug Wars by Sylvia Longmire
Drug Politics: Dirty Money and Democracies by David C. Jordan
Killing Pablo: The Hunt for the World's Greatest Outlaw by Mark Bowden
The Andean Cocaine Industry by Patrick Clawson and Rensselaer W. Lee
Kings of Cocaine Inside the Medellin Cartel an Astonishing True Story of Murder Money and International Corruption by Guy Gugliotta and Jeff Leen
The Accountant's Story: Inside the Violent World of the Medellín Cartel by Roberto Escobar
Sea of Grass: The Maritime Drug War 1970-1990 by Charles M. Fuss, Jr.
Drugs and Conflict in Colombia: A Policy Analysis of Plan Colombia by Charles Preston
Hostage Nation: Colombia's Guerrilla Army and the Failed War on Drugs by Victoria Bruce, et al.
Drugs and Democracy in Rio de Janeiro: Trafficking, Social Networks, and Public Security by Enrique Desmond Arias
Megacities: The Politics of Urban Exclusion and Violence in the Global South edited by Kees Konnings and Dirk Kruijt
More Terrible Than Death: Drugs, Violence, and America's War in Colombia by Robin Kirk
Drug Trafficking in the Americas edited by Bruce M. Bagley and William O. Walker
Smoke and Mirrors: The War on Drugs and the Politics of Failure by Dan Baum
Colombia and the United States: War, Unrest, and Destabilization by Mario A. Murillo
Illicit Trafficking: A Reference Handbook by Robert J. Kelly et al.
Illicit Flows and Criminal Things: States, Borders, and the Other Side of Globalization edited by Willem van Schendel and Itty Abraham
Illicit: How Smugglers, Traffickers, and Copycats are Hijacking the Global Economy by Moises Naim
Policing the Globe: Criminalization and Crime Control in International Relations by Peter Andreas and Ethan Nadelmann
Dark Logic: Transnational Criminal Tactics and Global Security by Robert Mandel
McMafia: A Journey Through the Global Criminal Underworld by Misha Glenny
Global Outlaws: Crime, Money, and Power in the Contemporary World by Carolyn Nordstrom
Sex, Drugs, and Body Counts: The Politics of Numbers in Global Crime and Conflict edited by Peter Andreas, Ed. Kelly M. Greenhill
Drugs and Contemporary Warfare by Paul Rexton Kan
Networks and Netwars: The Future of Terror, Crime, and Militancy by John Arquilla and David Ronfeldt
Insurgency, Terrorism, and Crime: Shadows from the Past and Portents for the Future by Max G. Manwaring
Gangs, Pseudo-Militaries, and Other Modern Mercenaries: New Dynamics in Uncomfortable Wars by Max G. Manwaring
Planet of Slums by Mike Davis
A World of Gangs: Armed Young Men and Gangsta Culture by John M. Hagedorn
Gangs in the Global City: Alternatives to Traditional Criminology edited by John M. Hagedorn
The Gangs of Los Angeles by William Dunn
This Is for the Mara Salvatrucha: Inside the MS-13, America's Most Violent Gang by Samuel Logan
Shooting Up: Counterinsurgency and the War on Drugs by Vanda Felbab-Brown
The Border: Exploring the U.S.-Mexican Divide by David Danelo
Amexica: War Along the Borderline by Ed Vulliamy
Narcocorrido: A Journey into the Music of Drugs, Guns, and Guerrillas by Elijah Wald
The Three U.S.-Mexico Border Wars: Drugs, Immigration, and Homeland Security by Tony Payan
The Reaper's Line: Life and Death on the Mexican Border by Lee Morgan III
No Boundaries: Transnational Latino Gangs and American Law Enforcement by Tom Diaz
Border Games: Policing the U.S.-Mexico Divide by Peter Andreas
The Killing Fields: Harvest of Women by Diana Washington Valdez
The Daughters of Juarez: A True Story of Serial Murder South of the Border by Teresa Rodriguez et al.
Drug War Zone: Frontline Dispatches from the Streets of El Paso and Juárez by Howard Campbell
Santa Muerte: Mexico's Mysterious Saint of Death by Tony Kail
Magico-Religious Groups and Ritualistic Activities: A Guide for First Responders by Tony M. Kail
Across the Border: True Story of Satanic Cult Killings in Matamoros, Mexico by Gary Provost
Folk Saints of the Borderlands: Victims, Bandits, and Healers by James S. Griffith
Murder City: Ciudad Juarez and the Global Economy's New Killing Fields by Charles Bowden
The Mexican Mafia by Tony Rafael
Urban Street Terrorism : A Study Guide About the Violent Prison and Street Gang Subcultures of The Mexican Mafia and Its Army of Soldiers: Los Sureños by Rene Enriquez and Al Valdez
The Black Hand: The Story of Rene "Boxer" Enriquez and His Life in the Mexican Mafia by Chris Blatchford
Spanish
El México Narco by Rafael Rodríguez Castañeda
México: ¿Rumbo al Estado Fallido? by José Antonio Ortega Sánchez
De los Maras a los Zetas by Jorge Fernández Menédez y Víctor Ronquillo
Los Señores del Narco by Anabel Hernández
El Cartel De Sinaloa by Diego Enrique Osorno
El Cartel: Los Arellano Felix by Jesús Blancornelas
El Cartel de los Sapos bt Andrés López López
El Cartel de los Sapos2 by Andrés López López