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COUNTERING TERRORISM
DIMENSIONS OF PREPAREDNESS |
| By: |
Arnold M. Howitt (Editor), Robyn L Pangi (Editor) |
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Paperback |
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£19.95 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0262582392 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780262582391 |
| Publisher: |
MIT PRESS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
12 September, 2003 |
| Series: |
Belfer Center Studies in International Security |
| Pages: |
491 |
| Description: |
Ways in which federal, state, and local institutions should integrate their efforts to prepare for future terrorist threats. |
| Synopsis: |
The United States now knows that it is vulnerable to terrorist attacks. In Countering Terrorism, experts from such disparate fields as medicine, law, public policy, and international security discuss institutional changes the country must make to protect against future attacks. In these essays, they argue that terrorism preparedness is not just a federal concern, but one that requires integrated efforts across federal, state, and local governments.The authors focus on new threats -- biological attacks, "dirty bombs" containing radioactive materials, and "cyberattacks" that would disrupt the computer networks we rely on for communication, banking, and commerce -- and argue that US institutions must make fundamental changes to protect against them. They discuss not only the needed reorganization of government agencies but such institutional issues as establishing legal jurisdiction to respond to new threats, preparing health workers for attacks involving mass casualties, and equipping police, fire, and other emergency workers with interoperable communications systems.The final essays examine how Israel, Japan, and the United Kingdom have dealt with domestic terrorism, and what the United States can learn from their examples. |
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US |
| Imprint: |
MIT Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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