Research Catalog

Title

Homeland Security : what is it and where are we going? / Amos N. Guiora.

Author

Guiora, Amos N., 1957-

Publication

Boca Raton : CRC Press, c2012.

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Description

xix, 179 p. : ill.; 25 cm.

Summary

"Focusing on how the roles of the agency have changed, this book examines the roots of Homeland Security and its core missions. It examines the agency's focus and looks at what DHS should focus on in future. Diplomacy and international partnerships are addressed as they relate to resolving hot-button issues like narco-terrorism, intelligence sharing, terrorism funding, and immigration. This book is among the few on the subject to examine Homeland Security funding and perform a cost-benefit analysis to determine the best ways to fund homeland security functions"--

Subject

• United States. Department of Homeland Security
• United States. Department of Homeland Security > Appropriations and expenditures
• Terrorism > United States > Prevention
• National security > United States
• Civil defense > United States
• Emergency management > United States
• Emergency management
• Civil defense
• Immigration
• Terrorism
• Appropriations
• Department of Homeland Security

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. What Is Homeland Security? -- 2. Cost-Benefit Analysis -- 3. Prioritizing Risks, Threats, and Dangers -- 4. International Cooperation, Intelligence Gathering, and Threat Assessment -- 5. Immigration/Narcoterrorism -- 6. The New Face of Terrorism: Domestic Threats and Civil Liberties -- 7. Terrorism Financing -- 8. Business Continuity -- 9. Conclusion-Going Forward -- Index

ISBN

• 9781439838181 (hardback)
• 1439838186 (hardback)

LCCN

^^2011009632

OCLC

491888934

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library