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Author: R William Johnstone (Fellow, George Mason University Center for Infrastructure Protection and Homeland Security, Washington, D.C., USA)
Publisher: Elsevier - Health Sciences Division
Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 19.10cm
, Height: 2.10cm
, Length: 23.50cm
Weight: 0.970kg
ISBN: 9780124081017
ISBN 10: 0124081010
Pages: 398
Publication Date: 18 February 2015
Audience:
College/higher education
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Tertiary & Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
"""This well-written book reflects in-depth research and planning. It is not a nuts-and-bolts directive on transportation security, but a text that will help readers understand the policies behind measures intended to make travel safe."" --Security Management, Protecting Transportation ""...this book covers every base, including cyber; and doesn’t neglect the truth that security in transport as in any sector has to fit in with the nature of that sector…"" --Professional Security Magazine Online ""Terrorists target transportation. A useful analysis of the history and current efforts to protect our vital infrastructure."" –Thomas Kean, former NJ Governor and Chairman of 9/11 Commission"
Terrorists target transportation. A useful analysis of the history and current efforts to protect our vital infrastructure. -Thomas Kean, former NJ Governor and Chairman of 9/11 Commission
Author Information
R. William Johnstone served on the staff of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (9/11 Commission) after working for over 20 years as a Congressional staff member. He is the author of 9/11 and the Future of Transportation Security (2006), Bioterror: Anthrax, Influenza, and the Future of Public Health Security (2008, paperback edition to be published in 2015), and the homeland security section of the annual A Unified Security Budget for the United States (2007-2012). He is the co-author of the monograph “Four Flights and Civil Aviation Security, staff report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (2004), and a contributor to The 9/11 Commission Report: Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (2004). In his time as a Congressional staff member, Johnstone served as legislative director for U.S. Senators Wyche Fowler, Jr. (D-GA) and Max Cleland (D-GA). Mr. Johnstone grew up in Atlanta, GA and attended Emory University. He currently lives in Rockville, MD with his wife and son, and is a consultant and writer on homeland security matters.
