A "New" Dynamic in the Western Hemisphere Security Environment: The Mexican Zetas and Other Private Armies

From an on-line posting: "A new and dangerous dynamic has been introduced into the Mexican internal security environment. That new dynamic is represented by a private military organization called the Zetas, and involves the migration of power from traditional state and nonstate adversaries to nontraditional nonstate private military organizations. Moreover, the actions of this irregular nonstate actor tend to be more political-psychological than military, and further move the threat from hard power to soft power solutions. Dr. Max G. Manwaring is a Professor of Military Strategy in the Strategic Studies Institute (SSI) of the U.S. Army War College (USAWC), has held the General Douglas MacArthur Chair of Research at the USAWC. He has served in the U.S. Southern Command, and the Defense Intelligence Agency. Dr. Manwaring is the author articles, chapters, and books dealing with Latin American security affairs, political-military affairs, and insurgency and counterinsurgency." Very good. Cover has slight wear and soiling. …