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The test of our times : America under siege-- and how we can be safe again Tom Ridge with Lary Bloom
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks HV 6432 .R53 2009
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ridge, Thomas J.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Terrorism--United States--Prevention.
- Terrorism.
- Terrorism--Government policy--United States.
- United States. Department of Homeland Security.
- United States.
- Emergency management--United States.
- Emergency management.
- September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.
- War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 288 p. ; 25 cm.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Thomas Dunne Books, 2009.
- Summary:
- The first secretary of Homeland Security evaluates the challenges faced by the country and his team in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks, the anthrax case, and the emergence of new Al-Qaeda operations, and evaluates the DHS's controversial successes and missteps.
- Contents:
- To the fields of Shanksville
- We're all expendable
- A powder keg
- Culture of secrecy
- The colors of fear (and laughter)
- The politics of terrorism
- Underneath the scenes
- "Buttoning up" Iraq
- Matthew Broderick's day off
- Anthrax at the Oscars
- Internationally speaking
- Christmas orange
- FEMA and the gathering storm
- E pluribus unum
- An enlightened congress
- Beliefs and choices.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 9780312534875 (alk. paper)
- 0312534876 (alk. paper)
- OCLC:
- 316019742
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