Open target : where America is vulnerable to attack / Clark Kent Ervin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ervin, Clark Kent, 1959-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civil defense--United States.

Civil defense.

United States.

United States--Defenses.

Defenses.

Physical Description:

xii, 260 pages ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.

Summary:

Based on his first-hand experiences and observations of how the Department of Homeland Security is failing to make America safe, Ervin shows the real threats we face--from nuclear attack to homegrown terrorism. Pushed out by the White House for refusing to sugarcoat its failures, Ervin candidly discusses the circumstances of his departure. He takes the reader inside the decision-making councils of this newest department of the U.S. government, and shows how his team's prescriptions for urgent change were ignored--leaving the US vulnerable to another terrorist attack.--From publisher description.

Contents:

Homeland (in)security

America's open doors

Air attack

Port security and nuclear attack

Mass transit attack

Critical infrastructure and "soft" targets

The failure of intelligence

Preparing for a catastrophic attack

Wasteful spending and sloppy accounting

Closing the vulnerability gap.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [233]-253) and index.

ISBN:

1403972885

OCLC:

62728674

Publisher Number:

9781403972880

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