How to think about homeland security. Volume 1, The imperfect intersection of national security and public safety / David H. McIntyre, Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University ; foreword by Senator Joseph Lieberman.
List of figures, tables, and textboxes -- Foreword / Joseph Lieberman -- Acknowledgments -- Note to the reader: why me? Why this book? -- How to use this book. Part 1 The concept of national security : What is a nation? -- What is security? -- What is national security? -- National security begins with academics, theory, and inquiry -- Conflicting ways to think about security -- Conflicting beliefs about security and the nature of man. Part 2 The emergence of national security strategy : From thought and belief to security theory and practice -- What is strategy? -- What is a national security strategy? -- What is THE national security strategy of the United States? Part 3 The emergence of homeland security : So what is homeland security, and why does it exist? -- Building a systemic solution for a new domestic defense -- Systemic challenge #1: tensions -- Systemic challenge #2: perspectives -- Systemic challenge #3: theory (or lack thereof). Part 4 Imperfect intersection : How to think about homeland security: go ask your MOMs. Index -- About the author.
Summary:
Explains homeland security as a struggle to meet new national security threats with traditional public safety practices. It offers a new solution that reaches beyond training and equipment to change practitioner culture through education. This volume represents and major new contribution to the literature by recognizing that homeland security is based not on theories of nuclear response or countering terrorism but on making bureaucracy work.
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