Is America Safe? Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Emergency Preparedness

by Jordan, Robert T.; Philpott, Don

• ISBN13: 9781605906508
• ISBN10: 1605906506
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-12-16
• Publisher: Government Institutes

Summary

This new book empowers Americans by providing them with the knowledge and skills needed to understand terrorist strategies, which, in turn, allow each of us to contribute to disrupting the terrorists' intended goals through observing and reporting suspicious activity, reducing target vulnerabilities, and minimizing casualties through education and preparation. The authors define terrorism and its origins and describe present-day organizations: where they operate, what their philosophies entail, and what their motivation and objectives are. They review different terrorist tactics and their desired effects and provide readers with guidelines and checklists for surviving them.

Author Biography

Robert T. Jordan is an award-winning writer, photographer, artist, and broadcaster. He is the founding president of the Beirut Veterans of America and a life member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Marine Corps League, the Vietnam Veterans of America, and the U.S. Marine Corps Combat Correspondents Association. Jordan is a former editor of Homeland Defense Journal; he has written for Flying Tiger magazine, Leatherneck magazine, the Marine Corps Gazette, Sea Power magazine, Tech Trends, International, Police Magazine, World Market Perspective, Defense Electronics, Defense World, Homeland Defense Journal, and various newspapers. Don Philpott has been writing and reporting on security, civil unrest, and terrorism for almost forty years. He was a senior correspondent with Reuters-Press Association, reporting on major events and trouble spots, including Northern Ireland, Lebanon, Israel, South Africa, and the Far East. He is editor of International Homeland Security and former editor of Homeland Defense Journal. He is the author of more than ninety books, including The Wounded Warrior Handbook (Government Institutes, 2008) and The Workplace Violence Prevention Handbook (Government Institutes, 2009).

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. v
Introduction	p. ix
Terrorism Today
Twenty-First-Century Threats to the Homeland	p. 3
Counterterrorism Tactics	p. 21
Are We Winning the War?	p. 47
Terrorist Groups: Major Terrorist Organizations	p. 60
A History of Terrorism
America's Birth: A Heritage of Conflict and Terror	p. 171
Domestic Terrorism	p. 186
International Terrorism	p. 199
The Spread of Global Terrorism	p. 209
Be Prepared
Emergency Preparedness: Why Prepare?	p. 239
Appendix: Pandemic Flu: How Safe Are We?	p. 277
Bibliography	p. 309
Index	p. 311
About the Authors	p. 315
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