James Ron uses controversial comparisons between Serbia and Israel to present a novel theory of state violence. Formerly a research consultant to Human Rights Watch and the International Red Cross; Ron witnessed remarkably different patterns of state coercion. Frontiers and Ghettos presents an institutional approach to state violence; drawing on Ron's field research in the Middle East; Balkans; Chechnya; Turkey; and Africa; as well as dozens of rare interviews with military veterans; officials; and political activists on all sides. Studying violence from the ground up; the book develops an exciting new framework for analyzing today's nationalist wars.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Excellent research and historyBy Bruce W.Zaragosa Vargas has done an outstanding job in researching and explaining the historical bond Mexican workers have with the United States. His chapters on migration and the causes of northern migration from Mexico; as well as the hardhitting chapter about the plight of Mexican autoworkers in Detroit; in 1927 and subsequent years is non-biased and telling of this author's passion to fully explain; without political or racial bias. I highly recommend this book. I have studied race and population migrations to the United States; and those dynamics which influence and indeed sought and continue to exploit these populations. I was impressed with Vargas' handling of Diego Rivera and Fried Kahlo. The author does not bend to one side or the other of the political debate surrounding communism' repatration or the expectations of the Mexican worker. A fine text and a job well done. 5 stars and a hardy recommedation for PROLETARIANS OF THE NORTH: ZARAGOSA VARGAS.
