Defending the Homeland: An Historical Perspective

Abstract

The emphasis on homeland security over the last year has generated intense interest in a range of possible threats. Understandably, the current focus has been on civil defense, with concern for protecting innocent populations from weapons of mass destruction. Planners today as in the past, however, recognize that civil defense is only one part of a larger issue. In analyses conducted for both the Quadrennial Defense Review and the global war against terrorism, the U.S. Army Center of Military History added rear area security, border security, aid to the civil authority, internment, humanitarian relief, economic intervention, and domestic disturbances to civil defense in its consideration of homeland defense-the military component of homeland security.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2002
Accession Number
ADA525595

Entities

People

  • John S. Brown

Organizations

  • National Defense University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Area Security
  • Border Security
  • Civil Defense
  • Department Of Defense
  • Employment
  • Homeland Defense
  • Homeland Security
  • Law Enforcement
  • Military History
  • Military Personnel
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Rear Areas
  • Second World War
  • United States
  • Weapons Of Mass Destruction

Readers

  • Emergency Management and Homeland Security.
  • Strategic Security Studies