defenses

A compilation of facts and statistics on national security in the U.S., discussing the threat of conventional weapons, weapons of mass destruction, countries of proliferation concern, biological and chemical attacks, international and domestic terrorism, the military, and related topics.

Presents scenarios that explain what would happen in the event of a bioterrorist attack on the United States, and describes steps the author believes the government should take to protect its citizens and society from deadly viral or bacterial weapons.

Contains twenty-three essays in which various authors present opposing viewpoints on the topic of weapons of mass destruction, discussing terrorism, U.S. policies toward nuclear weapons, U.S. defense systems, and weapons proliferation.

The author was the CIA's most respected former Middle East counterterrorism officer. He was trained to stand in the shoes of a terrorist and appraise targets. He used his training to write this book and look closely at the measures taken to protect America in the wake of 9/11. His question: is Homeland Security doing enough?.

Explores the history of homeland security in the United States from the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798 and events of the McCarthy era to the bombing of the Wold Trade Center in 2001, and includes, in chronological order, original documents, reports, and studies.

A former Pentagon official describes what the United States armed forces learned from an alien spacecraft that crashed in the New Mexico desert in 1947 and how he turned that information over to defense industry research and development for weapons technology.

Describes what a cyberwar might be like, who the enemy might be, and how the U.S. might respond.

Provides information about the Department of Homeland Security, established in the wake of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the U.S., and discusses the role of the different components of the department, including the Coast Guard, the Customs Service, and FBI, and others.