Borderland Battles: Violence, Crime, and Governance at the Edges of Colombia's WarThe post cold war era has seen an unmistakable trend toward the proliferation of violent non state groups variously labeled terrorists, rebels, paramilitaries, gangs, and criminals near borders in unstable regions especially. In Borderland Battles, Annette Idler examines the micro dynamics among violent non state groups and finds striking patterns: borderland spaces consistently intensify the security impacts of how these groups compete for