Overview
There is a wide spectrum of potential threats to the U.S. homeland that do not involve overt attacks by states using long-range missiles or conventional military forces. Such threats include covert attacks by state actors, state use of proxies, independent terrorist and extremist attacks by foreign groups or individuals, and independent terrorist and extremist attacks by residents of the United States. These threats are currently limited in scope and frequency, but are emerging as potentially significant issues for future U.S. security. In this comprehensive work, Cordesman argues that new threats require new thinking, and offers a range of recommendations, from expanding the understanding of what constitutes a threat and bolstering Homeland defense measures, to bettering resource allocation and improving intelligence gathering and analysis. No pattern of actual attacks on U.S. territory has yet emerged that provides a clear basis for predicting how serious any given form of attack might be in the future, what means of attack might be used, or how lethal new forms of attack might be. As a result, there is a major ongoing debate over the seriousness of the threat and how the U.S. government should react. This work is an invaluable contribution to that debate.
Full Product Details
Author: Anthony H. Cordesman
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint: Praeger Publishers Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 16.20cm
, Height: 3.40cm
, Length: 23.00cm
Weight: 0.762kg
ISBN: 9780275974275
ISBN 10: 0275974278
Pages: 464
Publication Date: 30 November 2001
Recommended Age: From 7 to 17 years
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Tertiary & Higher Education
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
A comprehensive and prescient guide. ... [This] important work heralds an era when pragmatic concentration on our own security is not neo-isolationism, but the foundation of a more realistic internationalism. -The New York Times Book Review A comprehensive and prescient guide. ... �This� important work heralds an era when pragmatic concentration on our own security is not neo-isolationism, but the foundation of a more realistic internationalism. -The New York Times Book Review ?A comprehensive and prescient guide. ... [This] important work heralds an era when pragmatic concentration on our own security is not neo-isolationism, but the foundation of a more realistic internationalism.?-The New York Times Book Review
?A comprehensive and prescient guide. ... [This] important work heralds an era when pragmatic concentration on our own security is not neo-isolationism, but the foundation of a more realistic internationalism.?-The New York Times Book Review
Author Information
ANTHONY H. CORDESMAN is Senior Fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and a military analyst for ABC News. A frequent commentator on National Public Radio, he is the author of numerous books on security issues and has served in a number of senior positions in the US government.
