Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2025-06-17
Books mentioned on CZM Rewind: The U.S. Border Patrol Is A Nightmare That Never Ends
Originally aired August 2020 Robert is joined by Caitlin Durante to discuss the U.S.
Robert Evans discussed Migra! by Kelly Lytle Hernandez, Badges without Borders by Stuart Schrader, Instruments of Statecraft by Michael McClintock, and Counterterrorism by Marie-Helen Maras.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Migra!
Migra! by Kelly Lytle Hernandez is a historical account that examines the origins, policies, and systemic violence associated with the United States Border Patrol.
Discussed“Quote, On June 12th, 1901, a Mexicano rancher named Gregorio Cortez stood at the gate of his home in Kones County, Texas.”
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Badges without Borders
Stuart Schrader's book Badges without Borders examines how global counterinsurgency strategies fundamentally transformed domestic American policing practices.
Discussed“According to Stuart Schrader in his up forthcoming Badges Without Borders, how global counterinsurgency transformed American policing, it was common practice during the Cold War to send former border patrol agents like Long to train foreign police”
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Instruments of Statecraft
Instruments of Statecraft by Michael McClintock is a historical examination of United States guerrilla warfare, counterinsurgency, and counterterrorism.
Discussed“during congressional investigations led by Senator James W Alberesque uh in 1973 aid officials admitted that the Los Fresno Sessions what the press would call the bomb school offered lessons not in bomb disposal but in bomb making.”
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Counterterrorism
Discussed“during congressional investigations led by Senator James W Alberesque uh in 1973 aid officials admitted that the Los Fresno Sessions what the press would call the bomb school offered lessons not in bomb disposal but in bomb making.”
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