{"product_id":"9781408845912","title":"Gangster Warlords: Drug Dollars, Killing Fields, and the New Politics of Latin America","description":"Author: Grillo,Ioan\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781408845912\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Bloomsbury\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 29 Mar 2017\u003cbr\u003ePages: 384 Format: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a ranch south of Texas, the man known as The Executioner dumps five hundred body parts in metal barrels. In Brazil's biggest city, a mysterious prisoner orders hit-men to gun down forty-one police officers and prison guards in two days. In southern Mexico, a crystal meth maker is venerated as a saint while imposing Old Testament justice on his enemies.\u003cbr\u003eA new kind of criminal kingpin has arisen- part CEO, part terrorist, and part rock star, unleashing guerrilla attacks, strong-arming governments and taking over much of the world's trade in narcotics, guns and humans. Who are these new masters of death? What personal qualities and life experiences have made them into such bloodthirsty leaders of men? What do they represent and stand for? What has happened in the Americas to allow them to grow and flourish?\u003cbr\u003eAuthor of the critically acclaimed \u003ci\u003eEl Narco- Inside Mexico's Criminal Insurgency\u003c\/i\u003e, Ioan Grillo has covered Latin America since 2001, and gained access to every level of the cartel chain-of-command in what he calls the new battlefields of the Americas. Moving between militia-controlled ghettos and the halls of top policy-makers, Grillo provides a new and disturbing understanding of a war that has spiralled out of control     one that people across the political spectrum need to confront now.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGangster Warlords\u003c\/i\u003e is the first definitive account of the crime wars now wracking Central and South America and the Caribbean.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46619399520414,"sku":"UBD-9781408845912","price":27.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781408845912.jpg?v=1773898375","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781408845912","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}