Terrorism and Homeland Security - An Introduction with Applications

Terrorism and Homeland Security - An Introduction with Applications

von: Philip Purpura

Elsevier Trade Monographs, 2006

ISBN: 9780080475417 , 512 Seiten

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Terrorism and Homeland Security - An Introduction with Applications


 

Front cover

1

The Butterworth-Heinemann Homeland Security Series

3

Title page

4

Copyright page

5

About the Author

8

Table of Contents

10

Preface

12

Acknowledgments

16

PART I HISTORICAL FOUNDATION

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1 THE PROBLEM OF TERRORISM

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THE HISTORY OF TERRORISM

22

RELIGION, POLITICS, AND TERRORISM

26

WHAT IS TERRORISM?

31

TYPOLOGIES OF TERRORISM

33

EXPLANATIONS AND CAUSES OF TERRORISM

37

INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM

41

DOMESTIC TERRORISM

49

2 TERRORIST METHODS AND WEAPONS

60

TERRORIST METHODS

63

TERRORIST WEAPONS

82

PART II ACTION AGAINST TERRORISM

98

3 GOVERNMENT ACTION

100

THE MEASUREMENT OF TERRORISM

103

THE UNITED STATES: WEALTHY AND POWERFUL

108

THE COLD WAR

109

INITIAL UNITED STATES RESPONSE TO THE 9/11 ATTACKS

111

U.S. GOVERNMENT ACTION AGAINST TERRORISM

112

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE ACTION AGAINST TERRORISM

114

LEGISLATIVE AND OTHER EXECUTIVE ACTION AGAINST TERRORISM

119

WAR AND FOREIGN POLICY

125

GOVERNMENT OPTIONS IN RESPONSE TO TERRORISM

131

TERRORIST OPTIONS IN RESPONSE TO GOVERNMENT ACTION OR INACTION

133

THE 9/11 COMMISSION REPORT

133

4 HOMELAND SECURITY

142

HOMELAND SECURITY

146

NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR HOMELAND SECURITY

155

PERSPECTIVES ON HOMELAND SECURITY

169

ACCOUNTABILITY AND EVALUATION OF NATIONAL STRATEGIES AGAINST TERRORISM

170

5 LEGAL ISSUES

176

INTRODUCTION

180

THE PENDULUMS OF JUSTICE

180

GOVERNMENT INVESTIGATIONS

187

NONCITIZENS

195

PROFILING

197

THE ENEMY

198

6 PRIVATE SECTOR ACTION

212

INTRODUCTION

213

LOSSES AND COSTS FROM THE 9/11 ATTACKS

213

THE BUSINESS OF HOMELAND SECURITY

216

PRIVATIZING COUNTERTERRORISM

218

PRIVATE SECURITY INDUSTRY

221

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND INDUSTRY GROUPS

228

PUBLIC-PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS

230

CITIZEN VOLUNTEERS

232

PART III PROTECTION METHODS

244

7 RISK MANAGEMENT AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

246

RISK MANAGEMENT AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

249

RISK MANAGEMENT

252

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

264

MILITARY SUPPORT

281

8 LIFE SAFETY AND PUBLIC SAFETY

288

LIFE SAFETY AND PUBLIC SAFETY

290

LIFE SAFETY

291

PUBLIC SAFETY

305

RESPONSE TO WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION

321

9 SECURITY

328

SECURITY AND TERRORISM

330

SECURITY DEFINED

330

SECURITY TO MEET ORGANIZATIONAL NEEDS

332

CUSTOMER SERVICE AND NEEDS

332

SECURITY STRATEGIES

341

10 PROTECTING CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURES AND KEY ASSETS

374

WHAT IS CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE?

375

GOVERNMENT ACTION TO PROTECT CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURES AND KEY ASSETS

378

SECURING CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE SECTORS

383

KEY ASSETS

403

11 BORDER AND TRANSPORTATION SECURITY

408

BORDER AND TRANSPORTATION SECURITY

412

TRANSPORTATION SECURITY SECTORS

428

PART IV THE FUTURE

450

12 ANTICIPATING THE FUTURE: TERRORISM, TECHNOLOGY, RESEARCH, AND EDUCATION

452

ANTICIPATING TERRORISM

453

ANTICIPATING THE USE OF WMD

457

TECHNOLOGY

462

RESEARCH AND HIGHER EDUCATION

466

Glossaries

474

GENERAL GLOSSARY

474

CHEMICAL, BIOLOGICAL, AND RADIOLOGICAL GLOSSARY

487

Index

492