Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2020-08-11
Books mentioned on Part Two: The U.S. Border Patrol Is A Nightmare That Never Ends
Robert is joined again by Caitlin Durante to continue discussing the U.S.
Robert Evans discussed Badges without Borders by Stuart Schrader and Instruments of Statecraft by Michael McClintock.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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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 Longand to train foreign police through CIA linked public safety programs since they were more likely to speak Spanish than agents from other branches of law enforcement.”
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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“And I'm going to quote now from a book titled Inststruments of Statecraft US guerrilla warfare counterinsurgency and counterterrorism which is available for in full for free online right now. Quote during congressional investigations led by Senator James Alberesque in 1973 aid officials admitted that the Los Fresno sessions what the press would call the bomb school offered lessons not”
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