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Author Paul, Christopher, 1971- author.

Title Mexico is not Colombia : alternative historical analogies for responding to the challenge of violent drug-trafficking organizations / Christopher Paul, Colin P. Clarke, Chad C. Serena
Published Santa Monica, CA : RAND, [2014]
©2014

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Description 1 online resource (191 pages) : illustrations
Contents [1]. No special title -- [2]. Supporting case studies
Introduction -- Contemporary violence and the broader context in Mexico -- Finding the right comparisons : case selection -- Comparing Mexico with the challenges faced and the outcomes reached in the historical cases -- Conclusions and recommendations
Summary "Despite the scope of the threat they pose to Mexico's security, violent drug-trafficking organizations are not well understood, and optimal strategies to combat them have not been identified. While there is no perfectly analogous case from history, Mexico stands to benefit from historical lessons and efforts that were correlated with improvement in countries facing similar challenges related to violence and corruption"--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes English
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 05, 2014)
Subject Drug traffic -- Mexico
Violent crimes -- Mexico
Violence -- Mexico
Drug control -- Mexico
Internal security -- Mexico
Insurgency -- Mexico
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Criminology.
Drug control
Drug traffic
Insurgency
Internal security
Violence
Violent crimes
Mexico
Form Electronic book
Author Clarke, Colin P., author.
Serena, Chad C., author.
Rand Corporation. National Security Research Division, issuing body.
LC no. 2014017701
ISBN 9780833084439
0833084437
9780833084415
0833084410
0833084429
9780833084422