Nadelmann, Ethan. Cops Across Borders: The Internationalization of U.S. Criminal Law Enforcement. Pennsylvania State University Press. December 1993, 524 pages.
 Cops Across Borders is the first book to examine the intersection of U.S. foreign policy and U.S. criminal justice. Drawing on interviews with nearly 300 U.S. and foreign law enforcement officials in nineteen countries as well as extensive historical and contemporary materials, Ethan Nadelmann examines how and why U.S. law enforcement officials have extended their efforts beyond American borders, how they have dealt with the challenges confronting them, and why their efforts have proved more or less successful.
"This is an illuminating and impressive work. Nadelmann's great expertise allows him to reveal much about the implementation of U.S. extraterritorial law and the interdependencies on which it rests. His analysis will be of inestimable value for future discussions and developments between Europe and the United States--a must for the European reader."
-- Albin Eser, Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law, Freiburg.
"I am extremely impressed with Professor Nadelmann's work. This is a rich and detailed account of a neglected chapter in the history of criminal justice and in American history generally. I found it extraordinarily illuminating. I don't think any student of social history, diplomatic history, or legal history can ignore this book, which sheds so much light on a wide variety of important policy issues, including, very notably, drug enforcement policy. It deserves a wide readership."
-- Lawrence M. Friedman, Stanford Law School.
"Nadelmann's book, Cops Across Borders, opens broad new ground both in the study of policing and in the field of international relations. Combining the two, he provides for the first time a picture of the newest frontier of U.S. law enforcement. The book is a very valuable addition to two fields of study."
-- Philip B. Heymann, U.S. Deputy Attorney General.
"Nadelmann has produced a remarkable piece of scholarship. Blending the study of international relations and criminal justice within a long-term historical framework, Cops Across Borders casts important new light on U.S. foreign policy, the war on drugs, and likely claims to U.S. hegemony in the emerging post-Cold War international arena."
-- Peter H. Smith, University of California, San Diego.
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