Chasing ghosts : the policing of terrorism / John Mueller, Mark G. Stewart.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mueller, John E., author.

Stewart, Mark G., 1961- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Terrorism--United States--Prevention.

Terrorism.

Terrorism--United States--Prevention--Costs.

National security--United States--Costs.

National security.

Intelligence service--United States.

Intelligence service.

Police--United States.

Police.

Civil rights--United States.

Civil rights.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (398 pages.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2016]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Chasing Ghosts exposes the ill-founded paranoia that has allowed the national security state to both feed at the public trough and undermine America's civil liberties tradition.

Contents:

Cover

Series

Chasing Ghosts

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Introduction Counting Ghosts

Part One The Ghosts

Chapter One Official Perceptions: The Threat Matrix

Chapter Two Public Perceptions: Perpetual Anxiety and War Wariness

Chapter Three Terrorism and the United States

Chapter Four The Foreign Adversary and the Myth of the Mastermind

Part Two The Chase

Chapter Five Evaluating the Counterterrorism Enterprise

Chapter Six The Federal Bureau of Investigation

Chapter Seven The National Security Agency

Chapter Eight The Department of Homeland Security

Chapter Nine Local and Airport Police

Conclusion

Horrible Imaginings and Painted Devils

Appendix A. The Cases: Terrorism in the United States Since 9/11

Appendix B. Assessing the Costs Inflicted by Terrorism

Appendix C. Marginal Costs and Benefits of FBI Counterterrorism Expenditures

Notes

References

Acknowledgments

Author Biographies

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-023733-3

0-19-023732-5

OCLC:

936290358