National security / Kim Masters Evans.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Evans, Kim Masters, Author.

Series:

Information Plus reference series

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Department of Homeland Security.

United States.

United States. Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT ACT) Act of 2001.

National security--United States.

National security.

National security--United States--History.

Terrorism.

War on Terrorism, 2001-.

Weapons of mass destruction.

War on Terrorism, 2001---Law and legislation.

War on Terrorism, 2001---Moral and ethical aspects.

United States--Foreign relations--Middle East.

United States--Foreign relations--21st century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 152 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

2007 edition.

Other Title:

Information Plus

Place of Publication:

Detroit, Mich. : Gale, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Covers formation of the Department of Homeland Security, increased security measures at airports, the enactment of the Patriot Act of 2001, and the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq. Provides the history of national security in the United States; descriptions of the various conventional and nonproliferation treaties and regimes; and information on countries of concern to the United States.

Contents:

A historical overview

The organization of national security

International terrorism

The war on terror: Afghanistan and Iraq

The War on Terror: homeland security

Countries of concern

Proliferation of weapons

American Civil Liberties and the War on Terror

Human rights and the War on Terror

U.S. relations with the Islamic world.

Notes:

"ISSN 1543-5407."

"Formerly published by Information Plus, Wylie, Texas."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781414407661

1414407661

9781414428765

1414428766

OCLC:

166326432