Terrorism and Homeland Security: Thinking Strategically About Policy

Published:
June 17, 2008 by CRC Press - 352 Pages
Editor(s):
Paul Viotti, University of Denver, Colorado, USA; Michael Opheim, University of Denver, Colorado, USA; Nicholas Bowen, Brooklyn, New York, USA

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ISBN 9781420077735
Cat# AU7773
 

Features

Offering original writings from top military, policy, and security professionals, this seminal work —

  • Provides a critique of the initial creation and recent developments in DHS
  • Discusses current views on prevention, and the creation of a prudent global policy that balances military force and diplomacy, including the use of intelligence as a means to counter terrorism
  • Considers preparedness for man-made and natural disasters, as well as for terrorism
  • Covers the threat of nuclear terrorism and other WMDs
  • Explores the delicate balance between national security and the protection of privacy and civil liberties

    • Summary

    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.

    Drawing on the expertise of several of the nation’s leading reseachers and policy experts, Terrorism and Homeland Security: Thinking Strategically About Policy provides policymakers with a much needed starting point for the creation of an effective coherent national security strategy. Its origins pre-dating 9-11, this volume grew out of an extensive project featuring the participation of various institutions including the Army War College.

    The primary goal: develop a strategy that optimizes security with minimal infringement on rights and liberties

    After addressing points salient to a central strategy, the book then identifies the domestic and external elements that need to be addressed in building such a strategy. To this end, it examines the nature of terrorist threats, looks at challenges specific to various weapons of mass destruction, and then goes beyond terrorism to discuss safeguarding society and its infrastructure from natural disasters.

    In concluding, the editors present a number of preliminary suggestions. It is hoped that policymakers and others may take these suggestions into account when developing a comprehensive national security strategy.

    Table of Contents

    PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
    ACRONYMS
    FOREWORD
    THE NATIONAL SECURITY CHALLENGE: DEVELOPING STRATEGY FOR TERRORISM AND HOMELAND SECURITY.
    Toward a Comprehensive Strategy for Terrorism and Homeland Security
    The Search for National and Homeland Security: An Integrated Grand Strategy
    Assured Vulnerability: Homeland Security and the Cold War Legacy of Defenseless
    Terrorism and Deterrence by Denial
    Multinational and Transnational Cooperation in Strategy to Secure the Homeland
    TERRORISM, HOMELAND SECURITY AND WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION (WMD)
    WMD Terrorism: New Threats, Revised Responses
    Nuclear and Radioactive Threats to Homeland Security: Prevention and Response
    STRATEGY AND THE SAFEGUARDING OF SOCIETY AND ITS INFRASTRUCTURE FROM TERRORISM AND OTHER THREATS
    Comparative Risk Analysis: Biological Terrorism, Pandemics and Other “Forgotten” Catastrophic Disaster Threats
    Homeland Security Strategy and Policy Choices: A Local Government Perspective
    Democracy, Civil Society and the Damage-Limitation Component of Strategy
    Transportation as a Component of Homeland Security Strategy
    Redefining U.S. Energy Security in the 21st Century
    CONCLUSION
    Securing the Homeland
    BIBLIOGRAPHY AND SUGGESTED READINGS
    APPENDIX: U.S. National Strategy for Homeland Security (Executive Summary)
    GLOSSARY

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