Lägger upp en aktivitet som jag saknat på cip. Faktabokcirkel
El Narco: Inside Mexico’s Criminal Insurgency av Ioan Grillo. En bok för oss som vill försöka förstå våldet som hemsöker Mexico och Centralamerika.
Jag har köpt boken och läst ett par kapitel. En bra översikt av Mexicos våldsamma historia och samtid. Bra driv och spännade. Intervjuer med många inblandade på båda sidor om lagen.
Att diskutera, t ex:
Går det att förstå det vettlösa våldet orsakat av narkotikasmuggling och gängstridigheter?
Är fortsatt narkotikaförbud rätt väg att gå?
Vad skulle hända om narkotika legaliserades?
Ytterligare aspekter och tankar från boken
Boken finns tyvärr inte på svenska. Kan köpas på Ad libris och finns om ebok
Recension:
http://www.nyjournalofbooks.com/book-review/el-narco-inside-mexico%E2%80%99s-criminal-insurgency
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Fler omdömen:
“Grillo's book is terrific--full of vivid front-line reporting; diverse interviews; a sense of history; a touch of social science; clarifying statistics; and realistic reviews of what might be done to improve things, none of it easy. It is essential reading.” ―Steve Coll, <a href="http://NewYorker.com" target="_blank">NewYorker.com
“Grillo takes advantage of his sources to provide insight on the drug war from nearly every angle, from the American government's longstanding attempts to stifle trafficking there to the national history that underpins much of the current narco culture… The book is a useful corrective to the common American idea that Mexico is just one big homogenous bloodbath south of Texas. … filled with the sort of unforgettable details to which only a reporter who has been on this beat for years would be privy.” ―Boston Globe
“The strength of El Narco lies in its shoe-leather reporting; Grillo interviews everyone from a former cartel assassin to DEA agents to grieving families, snitches, pot and poppy farmers, illegal immigrants and gangbangers. He's the sort of journalist who'll pop into a plastic surgery clinic or taqueria if it turns up on a list of cartel-linked businesses, just to see what he can see. Writers this knowledgeable about the subject and with no particular ax to grind are rare.” ―Salon
“El Narco is a book that has long needed writing. It is tough, straightforward … reportage” ―BlogCritics.org
“A propulsive account of the blood-soaked machinery of ‘El Narco' … Examining the trade's gunslinging culture, the motivations behind the continual ramping-up of violence, and some potential solutions to the problem, Grillo argues that America's hard-line rhetoric has failed--and that if a game-changing alternative is not implemented, the Mexican state could also fail. Given the savage chaos Grillo shows us in the country's streets and barrios, his arguments are as perceptive as his high-octane reportage.” ―Publishers Weekly
