National security
By: Kim Masters Evans
Contributors: Information Plus (Firm : Wylie, Tex.)
Edition: 2009 ed.
Series: Information plus reference series; The information plus series on current topics; Information Plus reference series; Information series on current topics
Publisher: Gale Cengage
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Detroit, MI
Language: eng
Number of pages: 158
ISBN-13: 9781414433806
Subjects: War on Terrorism, 2001-2009; Statistics; National security; Moral and ethical aspects; Prevention; War on Terrorism (2001-2009) fast (OCoLC)fst01754980; Diplomatic relations; Terrorism; Ethics; Foreign relations; History
Description: Covers formation of the Department of Homeland Security, increased security measures at airports, the enactment of the Patriot Act of 2001, and the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq. Provides the history of national security in the United States; descriptions of the various conventional and nonproliferation treaties and regimes; and information on countries of concern to the United States.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A historical overview; title: The organization of national security; title: International terrorism; title: The War on Terror: Afghanistan and Iraq; title: The War on Terror: Homeland Security; title: Countries of concern; title: Proliferation of weapons; title: American civil liberties and the War on Terror; title: Human rights and the War on Terror; title: U.S. relations with the Islamic world.