Changing Homeland Security: Ten Essential Homeland Security Books

Abstract

This article presents what I consider to be ten essential homeland security books. The list is personal and provisional. The discipline is too new to have a canon. We need to continuously examine what is signal and what is background noise in homeland security's academic environment. Much has been written about homeland security. A lot more is in the publishing pipeline. My list includes books I find myself returning to as I seek to understand contemporary homeland security events. Beyond personal interest, I believe they form a foundation for a growing understanding of the parameters of what it means to study homeland security as a professional discipline. Other books and important articles could be added, but ten is sufficient to start. These books are: " The Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States: 9/11 Commission Report (2004) " The National Strategy for Homeland Security (2002) " After: How America Confronted the September 12 Era (2003) " Imperial Hubris: Why the West is Losing the War on Terror (2004) " America the Vulnerable: How Our Government is Failing to Protect Us From Terrorism (2004) " Homeland Security: A Complete Guide to Understanding, Preventing, and Surviving Terrorism (2005) " Catastrophe Preparation and Prevention for Law Enforcement Professionals (2008) " Trapped in the War on Terror (2006) " Unconquerable Nation: Knowing Our Enemy; Strengthening Ourselves (2006) " The Declaration of Independence (1776), The Articles of Confederation (1777), and The Constitution of the United States of America (1787) Taken together, these works outline a broad historical narrative about homeland security. We were attacked. We quickly developed a strategy to make sure we prevented future attacks. We tried to come to terms with what happened to us as a nation. Next, textbooks and workbooks aiming to systematize homeland security ideas started to appear.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 2007
Accession Number
ADA483837

Entities

People

  • Christopher Bellavita

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Cyber
  • Engineered Resilient Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Antiterrorism
  • Civil Rights
  • Department Of Homeland Security
  • Disasters
  • Emergency Response
  • Governments
  • Health Services
  • Homeland Security
  • Law
  • National Governments
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Public Policy
  • Security
  • Terrorism
  • Terrorists
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Strategic Security Studies