Maiah Jaskoski is assistant professor in the Department of Politics and International Affairs at Northern Arizona University and author of Military Politics and Democracy in the Andes. Arturo C. Sotomayor is associate professor in the Department of Political Science and Geography at the University of Texas at San Antonio and author of The Myth of the Democratic Peacekeeper: Civil-Military Relations and the United Nations. Harold A. Trinkunas is director of the Latin America Initiative at The Brookings Institution and author of Crafting Civilian Control of the Military in Venezuela: A Comparative Perspective.

• AcknowledgmentsChapter 1. Borders in the Americas: Theories and RealitiesPart I: Geopolitics of BordersChapter 2. Borders, Rivalries, and the Racketeer State: An Alternative Theory to State Development in Latin AmericaChapter 3. Legalizing and Judicializing Territorial and Maritime Border Disputes in Latin America: Causes and Unintended ConsequencesChapter 4. Political Learning Through a Transgovernmental Network: Resolving the Argentine-Chilean Border Dispute During the 1990sPart II: National Policies for Border Security and Cross-Border TradeChapter 5. Regional Peace and Unintended Consequences: The PeculiarCase of the Tri-Border Area of Argentina, Brazil, and ParaguayChapter 6. Rivalry, Trade, and Restraint on the Colombia-Venezuela BorderChapter 7. Northbound "Threats" at the United States–Mexico Border: What Is Crossing Today, and Why?Part III: Licit and Illicit Behavior by Borderland ActorsChapter 8. Illicit Americas: Historical Dynamics of Smuggling in the United States' Relations with Its NeighborsChapter 9. The Colombian FARC in Northern Ecuador: Borderline and Borderland DynamicsChapter 10. Making Sense of Borders: Global Circulations and the Rule of Law at the Iguazú TriangleChapter 11. ConclusionsList of ContributorsIndex

American Crossings intelligently considers why Latin America is a region substantially at peace with itself. Foreign Affairs