Title Terrorism, asymmetric warfare, and weapons of mass destruction : defending the U.S. homeland / by Anthony H. Cordesman

Published Westport, CT : Praeger, 2002

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Description 1 online resource (x, 448 pages) Contents Changing face of asymmetric warfare and terrorism -- Risk assessment : planning for "non-patterns" and potential risk -- Threat prioritization : seeking to identify current and future threats -- CTypes of attack : determining future methods of attack and the needed response -- Threat assessment and prioritization : identifying threats -- U.S. government efforts to create a homeland defense capability -- Federal efforts by department and agency -- Federal, state, and local cooperation -- How other nations deal with these threats -- Lessons from recent major commissions on terrorism -- Conclusions and recommendations Summary New threats require new thinking. State attacks involving long-range missiles or conventional military forces are not the only threat to the U.S. homeland. Covert attacks by state actors, state use of proxies, independent terrorist and extremist attacks by foreign groups or individuals--and even by residents of the United States--are significant issues for future U.S. security. In this comprehensive work, Cordesman offers a range of recommendations, from reevaluating what constitutes a threat and bolstering homeland defense measures, to improving resource allocation and sharpening intelligence. Annotation. Cordesman (Middle East program, Center for Strategic and International Studies) argues that homeland defense must respond to a constantly changing threat, and especially to the kind that may be impossible to predict, and which may emerge as a pattern of attack in the years to come. He discusses such aspects as assessing risks, prioritizing threats, types of attacks, creating a homeland defense capability, and federal cooperation Notes "Published in cooperation with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, D.C." Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English Print version record digitized 2019 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL SUBJECT Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer Bitterfeld gnd Subject Terrorism -- United States -- Prevention Asymmetric warfare -- United States Weapons of mass destruction. Civil defense. Terrorism -- prevention & control Bioterrorism -- prevention & control Biological Warfare -- prevention & control Chemical Warfare -- prevention & control Nuclear Warfare -- prevention & control Civil Defense Public Policy Security Measures TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science. HISTORY -- Military -- Other. Civil defense Asymmetric warfare Military policy Military readiness Terrorism -- Prevention Weapons of mass destruction Bekämpfung Massenvernichtungswaffe Sicherheitspolitik Terrorismus Terrorisme. Nationale veiligheid. SUBJECT United States -- Defenses. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85139992 United States -- Military policy. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140379 United States Subject United States USA Verenigde Staten. Form Electronic book ISBN 0313006903 9780313006906 9780275974275 0275974278

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