Jonathan D. Rosen is a research scientist at Florida International University’s Jack D. Gordon Institute for Public Policy.Roberto Zepeda is a researcher at the Centro de Investigaciones sobre América del Norte at the Universidad Autónoma de México.

The most comprehensive book on Mexico’s contemporary security challenges and possible policy available. A wealth of information simplified into a brilliantly written work of scholarship. A must read.

• 1.Introduction: Historical Context and Influential Factors 2.Felipe Calderón’s War on Drugs: an Examination of the Counternacrotics Strategies 3.The Bloodbath: the Results of the Drug War during the Calderón Administration 4.The Enrique Peña Nieto Government: Drug War Strategies and Their Consequences 5.Failed States within Mexico: Problematic Zones for the Peña Nieto Government6.Organized Crime and the Prison System: Hell on Earth7.Reforms, Challenges, and Policy Proposals