Terrorism and Homeland Security: Thinking Strategically About PolicyPaul Viotti, Michael Opheim, Nicholas Bowen CRC Press, 2008 M06 17 - 352 pages Despite the fact that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has been active since November of 2002, the American homeland is still not secure from terrorist attack. What passes as DHS strategy is often just a list of objectives with vague references to the garnering of national resources, and the marshalling of support from other nations. Drawi |
Contents
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An Integrated Grand Strategy | 19 |
Homeland Security and the Cold War Legacy of Defenselessness | 33 |
Chapter 4 Terrorism and Deterrence by Denial | 53 |
Chapter 5 The Importance of Multinational and Transnational Cooperation Strategies for Homeland Security | 69 |
Terrorism Homeland Security and Weapons of Mass Destruction WMD | 99 |
New Threads Revised Responses | 101 |
Prevention and Response | 119 |
Chapter 10 Democracy Civil Society and the DamageLimitation Component of Strategy | 191 |
Chapter 11 Transportation as a Component of Homeland Security Strategy | 207 |
Chapter 12 Redefining US Energy Security in the TwentyFirst Century | 227 |
Terrorism and Securing the Homeland | 253 |
The National Strategy for Homeland Security | 263 |
Bibliography | 275 |
Glossary | 291 |
Index | 309 |
Strategy and the Safeguarding of Society and Its Infrastructure From Terrorism and Other Threats | 145 |
Biological Terrorism Pandemics and Other Forgotten Catastrophic Disaster Threats | 147 |
A Local Government Perspective | 171 |
Back cover | 327 |
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Page 177 - Department would be to: • Prevent terrorist attacks within the United States; • Reduce America's vulnerability to terrorism; and • Minimize the damage and recover from attacks that do occur.
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Page 250 - We also reviewed and analyzed the National Strategy for Homeland Security, the National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace, the National Strategy for the Physical Protection of Critical Infrastructures and Key Assets, the National Strategy for Combating Terrorism, l the Homeland Security Act of 2002/and other relevant federal policies.
Page 264 - Security (DHS) has three primary missions: to prevent terrorist attacks within the United States, reduce America's vulnerability to terrorism, and minimize the damage from potential attacks and natural disasters.