State of War: Ms-13 and El Salvador's World of Violence

by William Adolphus Wheeler

Book Overview

The story of MS-13 and its American roots

One of President Donald Trump's favorite rhetorical motifs is stoking fear that members of the MS-13 gang from El Salvador intend to cross the U.S. border in force and wreak havoc on American society. It's an inaccurate scenario, and in State of War, foreign correspondent William Wheeler tells the real story: In the 1980s, the U.S. supported the repressive Salvadoran government in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1733623728
• ISBN13: 9781733623728
• Release Date: January 2020
• Publisher: Columbia Global Reports
• Length: 140 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 7.4"