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by Michael Deibert (Author)
A noted journalist gives U.S. readers the story of the war being waged along our border in the voices of the cartel hitmen, law enforcement officials, politicians, shopkeepers, migrants and children living inside of it year-round. The book poses provocative questions about the direction and consequence of U.S. drug policy and the militarized approach to combating the narcotics trade on both sides of the border. As rival drug gangs turn Northern Mexico into a battleground with body counts surpassing U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, noted journalist and author Michael Deibert turns an unflinching gaze on the war being waged at America's border and, increasingly, spilling across it.
Author Biography
Michael Deibert is the author of the Democratic Republic of Congo: Between Hope and Despair. His first book, Notes from the Last Testament: The Struggle for Haiti, was praised by the Miami Herald as a powerfully documented exposé and by the San Antonio Express-News as a compelling mix of reportage, memoir and social criticism, and has since become required reading for diplomats and others seeking to understand that country's complex 1994-2004 era.
Michael's writing has appeared in the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, the Guardian, the Miami Herald, Le Monde diplomatique, Folha de São Paulo, the World Policy Journal, and the Huffington Post, among other venues. He has been a featured commentator on international affairs on the BBC, Al Jazeera, Channel 4, National Public Radio, WNYC New York Public Radio and KPFK Pacifica Radio. In 2012, he was awarded a grant from the International Peace Research Association, and in 2008 he was selected as a finalist for the Kurt Schork Award in International Journalism, sponsored by the Institute for War and Peace Reporting, both in recognition of his work in the Democratic Republic of Congo. He lives in Miami Beach, Florida.
