State of recovery
Subtitle: the quest to restore American security after 9/11
By: Barry Scott Zellen
Edition: Paperback edition.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 321
ISBN-13: 9781628923254
Subjects: United States; Terrorism; United States. Department of Homeland Security; National security; Prevention
Description: "In the decade that followed 9/11, technologies and technology policies became central to homeland security. For example, the U.S. erected new border defenses with remote sensors and biometric scanners, and deployed new autonomous air warfare capabilities, such as the drone program. Looking at efforts to restore security after 9/11, the work examines issues such as the rise in technology spending, the various scenarios of mass terror, and America's effort to ensure that future engagements will take place far from the homeland. Operation Iraqi Freedom, Iran's emergence as nuclear threat, and North Korea's acceleration of its missile program are analyzed along with the "axis of evil" and America's effort to create a ballistic missile shield to thwart this emerging threat to its security. By focusing on the technologies of homeland security rather than on cyber warfare itself, the work offers a unique and needed survey that will appeal to anyone involved with the study and development of homeland and strategic security."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
Notes: Originally published: 2013.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-307) and index.