U.S. homeland security
Subtitle: a reference handbook
By: Howard Ball.
Series: Contemporary world issues
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Santa Barbara, Calif
Language: eng
Subjects: United States. Dept. of Homeland Security -- History.; Terrorism -- United States -- Prevention -- History.; National security -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History.
Other titles: US homeland security
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The history of domestic security in the United States; title: Creating a cabinet-level Department of Homeland Security; title: Problems facing the DHS and proposed solutions; title: Chronology of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security; title: Biographical profiles; title: Documents; title: Directory of organizations; title: Print and nonprint resources.