Is America Safe? - Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Emergency Preparedness

This second edition provides the knowledge and skills needed to understand terrorist strategies, which, in turn, allow each of us to contribute to disrupting the terrorists' intended goals through education and preparation.

List of contents

Foreword

Introduction

Part I: Terrorism Today

1Twenty-First-Century Threats to the Homeland

2Counterterrorism Tactics

3Are We Winning the War?

4Terrorist Groups: Major Terrorist Organizations

Part II: A History of Terrorism

5America's Birth: A Heritage of Conflict and Terror

6Domestic Terrorism

7International Terrorism

8 The Spread of Global Terrorism

Part III. Be Prepared

9Preparing for and Coping with a Disaster

10 Staying Safe at school, work and play

Resources

About the author

By Don Philpott

Product details

• Authors: Don Philpott, Philpott Don
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2019
• EAN: 9781641433075
• ISBN: 978-1-64143-307-5
• No. of pages: 440
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; SPORTS & RECREATION / Outdoor Skills, HISTORY / Military / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Terrorism, SPORTS & RECREATION / Reference, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Reference, Warfare & defence, Terrorism, armed struggle, Urban & municipal planning, Reference works, Outdoor survival skills, Warfare and defence, Urban and municipal planning and policy