This occasional paper is a concise overview of the history of the US Army's involvement along the Mexican border and offers a fundamental understanding of probl

Since the mid-19th century, the United States has frequently employed the US Army on its southern border to perform various roles in support of the Nation--from

Since the mid-19th century, the United States has frequently employed the U.S. Army on its southern border to perform various roles in support of the Nation, fr

On 9 March 1916, the forces of Doroteo Arango, better known as Francisco "Pancho" Villa, attacked the small border town of Columbus, New Mexico. In response to

The first transnational history of the U.S.-Mexico border Line in the Sand details the dramatic transformation of the western U.S.-Mexico border from its creati