Terror, Security, and Money Balancing the Risks, Benefits, and Costs of Homeland Security

Name: Terror, Security, and Money Balancing the Risks, Benefits, and Costs of Homeland Security
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ISBN: 9780199795765

ISBN-10: 0199795762

ISBN-13: 9780199795765

Edition: 2011

Authors: John Mueller, Mark G. Stewart

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In the years following 9/11, the United States spent billions and billons on powerful surveillance and security systems and created a massive new government agency, the Department of Homeland Security. John Mueller, one of America's most trenchant critics of America's drive for enhanced security at all costs, has argued that while these measures have largely been unnecessary, the public succumbed to an alarmist media and a shrewd governmental scare campaign and came to support these measures. The price, Mueller has contended, has been a massive misallocation of resources. In previous books, Mueller focused on why national security threats are 'overblown,' but inTerrorism, Security, and…

Book details

List price: $37.99
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/7/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 9.02" wide x 6.10" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Assessing Risk



Terrorism as a Hazard to Human Life



The Full Costs of Terrorism



Evaluating Increases in Homeland Security Spending



Protecting the Homeland: Some Parameters



Homeland Protection: Infrastructure



Protecting the Airlines



Assessing Policing, Mitigation, Resilience



Conclusions and Political Realities


Appendix: The Risk Assessment Process


Notes


References


Index