Foundations of Homeland Security: Law and Policy
May 2011, ©2011
The Introduction provides an in-depth overview of the subject of homeland security and includes a discussion of what is homeland security, definitions of homeland security and terrorism, what is homeland security law, its development, and what is a homeland security curriculum. There are contributing chapters about homeland security in Europe, and homeland security in China and Japan.
2 The Strategic Environment.
3 Homeland Security Council.
4 Intelligence Gathering.
5 The Department of Homeland Security.
6 The Federal Emergency Management Agency.
7 National Security Strategy of the United States of America, March 2006.
8 National Strategy for Combating Terrorism, September, 2006.
9 National Strategy for Homeland Security, October 2007.
10 Border Security.
11 Critical Infrastructure Protection.
12 Cyber Security.
13 Agriculture and Food.
14 Transportation Security.
B. Aviation Security.
C. Maritime Transportation Security.
D. Rail Transportation.
15 Weapons of Mass Destruction.
16 Biodefense and WMD Medical Countermeasures.
17 National Continuity Policy.
18 Identification Issues.
A. Terrorist Screening: Biometrics for Identification.
B. Real ID.
C. Common Identification for Federal Employees.
19 Emergency Preparedness and Response.
20 National Incident Management System (NIMS).
21 National Response Framework.
22 Authority to Use Military Force.
23 Detention and Treatment of Terrorists.
24 Resiliency and a Culture of Preparedness.
25 European Homeland Security: A Work in Progress (John L. Clarke).
26 China and Japan: Approaches to Domestic and Transnational Terrorism (Manuel Manriquez).
27 Teaching Ideas.