This second edition urges policymakers to focus on filling key gaps that remain in the current homeland security effort in 2003: identifying better protection for private infrastructure; using information technology to share intelligence and more effectively connect the dots that could hold hints to possible terrorist tactics; expanding the capacities of the coast guard and customs service, as well as airline transportation security; dealing with the possible threat of surface-to-air missiles to airliners; and encouraging better co-ordination among intelligence agencies. While acknowledging the impossibility of preventing every possible type of terrorist violence, the authors recommend a more systematic approach to homeland security that focuses on preventing attacks that can cause a large number of casualties, massive economic or societal disruption, or severe political harm to the nation.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Brookings Institution
ISBN-13
9780815764533
eBay Product ID (ePID)
95926563
Product Key Features
Author
MO (Tm) Hanlon
Publication Name
Protecting the American Homeland: One Year One
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Government
Publication Year
2003
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
188 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
229mm
Item Width
152mm
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
MO (Tm) Hanlon
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
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