"If you want a feel for the strange, dangerous, and inspiring entity that is both the border and la frontera, this is a pretty good place to start."
                      - The Economist  (full review)

"Danelo provides invaluable information and insight in this book, which deserves a wide and attentive audience."
                      - George P. Shultz
                        U.S. Secretary of State, 1982-89

"Activists, left or right, will find this book uncomfortable, but its honesty makes it a great education for the rest of us." 
                      - New York Post  (full review)

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"David Danelo is one of the most dynamic young writers around today.  He's terrific now and, scary thought, he's only going to get better."

- Robert Timberg, bestselling author of The Nightingale's Song

"Danelo, a combat Marine captain, has come out of the gate very fast with a pair of first-rate, important books.  I'll pay to listen to him speak on any subject he turns his mind to."

- Steven Pressfield, bestselling author of Gates of Fire and Killing Rommel