Savage narcotics-related decapitations, castrations, and other murders have destroyed tourism in many Mexican communities and such savagery is now cascading across the border into the United States. Grayson explores how this spiral of violence emerged in Mexico, its impact on the country and its northern neighbor, and the prospects for managing it...from publisher

Some copies are Transaction Publishers, hardback printing, 2011.

The revolutionary church -- Wars, prohibition, and the antecedents of narco churches -- Two narco churches emerge -- The weakening of the revolutionary church -- Diaspora of the narco churches -- Calderón's anti-drug strategy -- Crusade against evil antagonists -- Emerging and new narco sects -- Los Zetas and La Familia -- U.S.-Mexican narcotics policy: the Mérida initiative and beyond -- Prospect for Mexico's becoming a failed state.