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The McGraw-Hill homeland security handbook : strategic guidance for a coordinated approach to effective security and emergency management, second edition / David G. Kamien, editor ; with a foreword by Michael Chertoff.

Enriched with the insight and knowledge of renowned national and international experts; this peerless guide offers prescriptive strategies and guidance to help security professionals more effectively manage the risk of terrorism and prepare for and respond to natural disasters. --

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Online Access: Full Text (via Skillsoft)
Other Authors: Kamien, David G. (Editor), Chertoff, Michael, 1953- (Author of introduction, etc.)
Other title:Homeland security handbook
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : McGraw-Hill, ©2012.
Edition:2nd ed.
Subjects:
United States. > Department of Homeland Security.
United States. > Department of Homeland Security
Terrorism > United States > Prevention.
Emergency management > United States.
Civil defense > United States.
National security > United States.
Preparedness.
Civil defense
Emergency management
National security
Preparedness
Terrorism > Prevention
United States
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • TITLE PAGE
  • COPYRIGHT
  • CONTENTS
  • FOREWORD
  • PREFACE
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
  • PART 1: INTRODUCTION TO PART I: TERRORIST AND CRIMINAL THREATS
  • CHAPTER 1: THE LEGACY OF OSAMA BIN LADEN'S STRATEGY
  • CHAPTER 2: THE TERRORIST THREAT TO SURFACE TRANSPORTATION: THE CHALLENGE OF SECURING PUBLIC PLACES
  • CHAPTER 3: GEOSTRATEGY OF CRIMINALITY: HIGHLY INTENSIVE CRIMINALITY
  • CHAPTER 4: THE PSYCHOLOGY OF TERRORISM: CURRENT UNDERSTANDING AND VITAL NEXT STEPS
  • CHAPTER 5: TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY BIOLOGICAL THREATS
  • PART 2: INTRODUCTION TO PART II: POLICY, GOVERNANCE, AND LEGAL RESPONSES
  • CHAPTER 6: HOMELAND SECURITY: THE ADVANCING NATIONAL STRATEGIC POSITION
  • CHAPTER 7: PROSECUTING THE FINANCIERS OF TERROR
  • CHAPTER 8: COUNTERTERRORISM LEGISLATION
  • CHAPTER 9: INTELLIGENCE AND INFORMATION SHARING FOR HOMELAND SECURITY AND COUNTERTERRORISM
  • CHAPTER 10: DEVELOPING INFORMATION SHARING PROTOCOLS AND PLANNING POLICY TO SUPPORT HOMELAND SECURITY MISSIONS
  • PART 3: INTRODUCTION TO PART III: INTEROPERABILITY, INFORMATION SHARING, AND COLLABORATION
  • CHAPTER 11: THE TERRORIST THREAT TO SURFACE TRANSPORTATION: THE CHALLENGE OF SECURING PUBLIC PLACES
  • CHAPTER 12: KEY REQUIREMENTS FOR ENABLING INFORMATION SHARING PLANNING AND POLICY AUDITS
  • CHAPTER 13: THE INFORMATION SHARING ENVIRONMENT (ISE)
  • CHAPTER 14: FUSION CENTERS: TOUCHPOINTS THAT PROMOTE NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS AND INTELLIGENCE-LED POLICING
  • CHAPTER 15: THE NECESSITY OF INTERAGENCY COLLABORATION
  • PART 4: INTRODUCTION TO PART IV: RISK MANAGEMENT, DECISION MAKING, AND COMMUNICATION
  • CHAPTER 16: INTEGRATING RISK MANAGEMENT WITH HOMELAND SECURITY AND COUNTERTERRORISM RESOURCE ALLOCATION DECISION MAKING
  • CHAPTER 17: PERVASIVE READINESS: PIPEDREAM OR POSSIBLE?
  • CHAPTER 18: THE PSYCHOLOGICAL PERCEPTION OF RISK
  • CHAPTER 19: NATIONAL TERRORISM ADVISORY SYSTEM
  • PART 5: INTRODUCTION TO PART V: PROTECTING CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
  • CHAPTER 20: CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND INTERDEPENDENCY REVISITED
  • CHAPTER 21: HOMELAND SECURITY FOR DRINKING WATER AND WASTEWATER UTILITIES
  • CHAPTER 22: CIVIL AVIATION SECURITY: ON THE GROUND AND IN THE AIR
  • CHAPTER 23: CREATING DISASTER RESILIENT REGIONS THROUGH WHOLE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
  • PART 6: INTRODUCTION TO PART VI: DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
  • CHAPTER 24: LEARNING FROM HISTORY: THE EVOLUTION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IN THE UNITED STATES
  • CHAPTER 24: A CITY ONCE UNDERWATER: LESSONS LEARNED AND THE STORY OF THE NEW ORLEANS EVACUATION PLAN
  • CHAPTER 26: THE LEGACY OF OSAMA BIN LADEN'S STRATEGY
  • CHAPTER 27: EMERGENCY RESPONSE: AN OVERVIEW
  • CHAPTER 28: UNDERSTANDING AND PREPARING FOR THE PSYCHOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES OF TERRORISM

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