Changing Homeland Security: Ten Essential Homeland Security Books; Final rept

摘要

This article presents what I consider to be ten essential homeland security books. The list is personal and provisional. The discipline is too new to have a canon. We need to continuously examine what is signal and what is background noise in homeland security's academic environment. Much has been written about homeland security. A lot more is in the publishing pipeline. My list includes books I find myself returning to as I seek to understand contemporary homeland security events. Beyond personal interest, I believe they form a foundation for a growing understanding of the parameters of what it means to study homeland security as a professional discipline. Other books and important articles could be added, but ten is sufficient to start. These books are: ' The Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States: 9/11 Commission Report (2004) ' The National Strategy for Homeland Security (2002) ' After: How America Confronted the September 12 Era (2003) ' Imperial Hubris: Why the West is Losing the War on Terror (2004) ' America the Vulnerable: How Our Government is Failing to Protect Us From Terrorism (2004) ' Homeland Security: A Complete Guide to Understanding, Preventing, and Surviving Terrorism (2005) ' Catastrophe Preparation and Prevention for Law Enforcement Professionals (2008) ' Trapped in the War on Terror (2006) ' Unconquerable Nation: Knowing Our Enemy; Strengthening Ourselves (2006) ' The Declaration of Independence (1776), The Articles of Confederation (1777), and The Constitution of the United States of America (1787) Taken together, these works outline a broad historical narrative about homeland security. We were attacked. We quickly developed a strategy to make sure we prevented future attacks. We tried to come to terms with what happened to us as a nation. Next, textbooks and workbooks aiming to systematize homeland security ideas started to appear.