More or less afraid of nearly everything : homeland security, borders, and disasters in the twenty-first century / Ben Rohrbaugh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rohrbaugh, Ben, 1981- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National security--United States--21st century.

National security.

Border security--United States.

Border security.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor, Michigan : University of Michigan Press, [2020]

Summary:

Migration, borders, cybersecurity, natural disasters, and terrorism: Homeland security is constantly in the news. Despite ongoing attention, the problems seem to be getting bigger and the political discussion is overheated and misleading. Ben Rohrbaugh, a former border security director at the White House's National Security Council, cuts through the noise to provide an accessible and novel framework to understand homeland security and think about the best ways to keep civilians safe. Throughout ghout the twentieth century, the United States did not experience national security domestically; it defended the country by conducting military, foreign policy, and intelligence operations internationally, and separated these activities from domestic law enforcement with bright legal lines. In the twenty-first century, national security no longer occurs in other countries. The U.S. government is only beginning to organize itself to respond to this change, and the establishment of the Department of Homeland Security is merely the first step in an organizational and strategic realignment that will be a long, difficult, and mistake-filled process. More or Less Afraid of Nearly Everything is an accessible and engaging guide to homeland security, particularly migration and border security, that makes innovative arguments about the American government and keeping citizens safe in the twenty-first century and provides practical solutions to real-world problems.

Contents:

Introduction

National security comes home

The implications of new vulnerabilities

The unpleasant process of reorganizing a government

The Department of Homeland Security we have

Sovereignty and twentieth century border management

Risk management and twenty-first century borders

Migration and border security

Putting off the evil day

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on information from the publisher.

ISBN:

0-472-12712-8