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State of Recovery : the Quest to Restore American Security After 9/11 /
In the decade that followed 9/11, technologies and technology policies became central to homeland security. For example, the U.S. erected new border defenses with remote sensors and biometric scanners, and deployed new autonomous air warfare capabilities, such as the drone program. Looking at effort...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Bloomsbury,
2013.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In the decade that followed 9/11, technologies and technology policies became central to homeland security. For example, the U.S. erected new border defenses with remote sensors and biometric scanners, and deployed new autonomous air warfare capabilities, such as the drone program. Looking at efforts to restore security after 9/11, the work examines issues such as the rise in technology spending, the various scenarios of mass terror, and America's effort to ensure that future engagements will take place far from the homeland. Operation Iraqi Freedom, Iran's emergence as nuclear threat, and Nor. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 321 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-307) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781441177889 1441177884 9781501300691 1501300695 9781628923254 1628923253 |