AuthorViotti, Paul R
TitleTerrorism and homeland security [electronic resource] : thinking strategically about policy / [written and edited by] Paul Viotti, Michael Opheim, and Nicholas Bowen
Imprint Boca Raton, Fla. : Taylor & Francis, 2008
Connect tohttp://marc.crcnetbase.com/isbn/9781420077742
Descript 352 p

CONTENT

Toward a comprehensive strategy for terrorism and homeland security / Paul R. Viotti -- The search for national and homeland security : an integrated grand strategy -- Assured vulnerability : homeland security and the cold war legacy of defenseless / David Goldfischer -- Terrorism and deterrence by denial / James M. Smith and Brent J. Talbot -- Multinational and transnational cooperation in strategy to secure the homeland / Veronica M. Kitchen and Gregory J. Moore -- WMD terrorism : new threats, revised responses / Jeffrey A. Larsen and James J. Wirtz -- Nuclear and radioactive threats to homeland security : prevention and response / Fred L. Wehling and Jeremy Tamsett -- Comparative risk analysis : biological terrorism, pandemics and other "forgotten" catastrophic disaster threats / Terrence M. O'Sullivan -- Homeland security strategy and policy choices : a local government perspective / Greg Moser -- Democracy, civil society and the damage-limitation component of strategy / Alexander C. Diener and Timothy W. Crawford -- Transportation as a component of homeland security strategy / Joseph S. Szyliowicz -- Redefining U.S. energy security in the 21st century / Kevin King -- Conclusion : securing the homeland / Michael A. Opheim and Nicholas H. Bowen


SUBJECT

  1. Terrorism -- United States -- Prevention
  2. Terrorism -- Government policy -- United States
  3. Weapons of mass destruction -- Government policy -- United States
  4. Internal security -- United States
  5. Civil defense -- United States
  6. Electronic books.