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Fragile States in the Americas.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Security in the Americas in the Twenty-First Century SeriesPublisher: Lanham : Lexington Books/Fortress Academic, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (377 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781498543576
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Fragile States in the AmericasDDC classification:
  • 320.973
LOC classification:
  • JC330.2.F7295 2017
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction Fragile States in the Americas -- Part I Mexico and Central America -- Chapter 1 Mexico's Security Upheaval -- Chapter 2 An Ominous Future -- Chapter 3 Will the Rebellion for the Rule of Law Prevail in Guatemala? -- Chapter 4 The Cost of Failed Leadership -- Chapter 5 Where Murder Is Easy -- Part II South America -- Chapter 6 Progress and Backsliding -- Chapter 7 The Peruvian Perfect Storm -- Chapter 8 Triple Threat -- Chapter 9 The Ungovernable State -- Chapter 10 Weak States and Security Challenges -- Chapter 11 Brazil -- Part III Caribbean -- Chapter 12Haiti -- Chapter 13 An Assessment of Trinidad and Tobago as a Fragile State -- Part IV U.S. Policy and a Comparat ive Study -- Chapter 14 The Obama Administration's Foreign Policy Challenges in the Americas1 -- Chapter 15 United States Defense Policy in Latin America and the Caribbean1 -- Chapter 16 Latin America and Lebanon -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- About the Contributors.
Summary: This book examines fragile states in the Americas and analyzes the security challenges that these states face. Chapters present case studies of fragile states, focusing on organized crime, drug trafficking, and other major security-related issues.
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction Fragile States in the Americas -- Part I Mexico and Central America -- Chapter 1 Mexico's Security Upheaval -- Chapter 2 An Ominous Future -- Chapter 3 Will the Rebellion for the Rule of Law Prevail in Guatemala? -- Chapter 4 The Cost of Failed Leadership -- Chapter 5 Where Murder Is Easy -- Part II South America -- Chapter 6 Progress and Backsliding -- Chapter 7 The Peruvian Perfect Storm -- Chapter 8 Triple Threat -- Chapter 9 The Ungovernable State -- Chapter 10 Weak States and Security Challenges -- Chapter 11 Brazil -- Part III Caribbean -- Chapter 12Haiti -- Chapter 13 An Assessment of Trinidad and Tobago as a Fragile State -- Part IV U.S. Policy and a Comparat ive Study -- Chapter 14 The Obama Administration's Foreign Policy Challenges in the Americas1 -- Chapter 15 United States Defense Policy in Latin America and the Caribbean1 -- Chapter 16 Latin America and Lebanon -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- About the Contributors.

This book examines fragile states in the Americas and analyzes the security challenges that these states face. Chapters present case studies of fragile states, focusing on organized crime, drug trafficking, and other major security-related issues.

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