A War of a Different Kind: Military Force and America's Search for Homeland Security

by Duncan, Stephen M.

• ISBN13: 9781591142201
• ISBN10: 1591142202
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-04-01
• Publisher: Naval Inst Pr

Summary

A former senior Pentagon official, combat veteran, and criminal prosecutor draws on a lifetime of military and legal experience to examine the role of the armed forces in homeland security and considers constitutional and criminal law, foreign policy, tradition and custom, federal-state and interagency relations, and politics as well as military strategy and operations.

Author Biography

Stephen M. Duncan is currently a distinguished fellow at the National Defense University, Fort McNair, Washington, D.C.

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
The Unthinkable	1	(23)
Locust Years	24	(24)
Counterterrorism Strategy on the Run	48	(31)
Organizing at Home for a Long War	79	(24)
The Threat and the Bureaucratic Maze	103	(14)
Posse Comitatus and Military Force	117	(24)
Mobilizing the Citizen Warriors	141	(26)
American Due Process and the Laws of War	167	(24)
Iraq---Again!	191	(22)
Building for Tomorrow	213	(29)
Postscript: A Volatile Second Year	242	(33)
Notes	275	(80)
Index	355