Understanding Homeland Security ; Policy, perspectives, and paradoxes /

Provides an analysis of the historical, social, psychological, technological, and political aspects that form the broad arena of homeland defense and security. This work offers a view of past events and how they formed the terrain for current events, allowing the audience to gain a knowledge of gove...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Noftsinger, John B.
Otros Autores: Newbold, Kenneth F., Wheeler, Jack K.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
Temas:
United States. > Department of Homeland Security.
United States. > Department of Homeland Security
Terrorism > United States > Prevention.
Civil defense > United States.
National security > United States.
War & defence operations.
Politics & government.
Defence strategy, planning & research.
Warfare and Defence.
Civil defense
National security
Terrorism > Prevention
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables and Boxes; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Reader's Guide; Acronyms and Abbreviations; About the Authors; One: The Nature of the Threat; Two: What Is Homeland Security?; Three: Public Policy Issues; Four: Information Intelligence; Five: Critical Infrastructure Protection and Information Security; Six: Risk Communication, Psychological Management, and Disaster Preparedness; Seven: Transportation and Border Security Issues; Eight: Future Implications: Imagination, Integration, and Improvisation; Index

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