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Open target : where America is vulnerable to attack / Clark Kent Ervin

Author
Ervin, Clark Kent, 1959-
Published
New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Description
xii, 260 pages ; 25 cm

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Contents
Homeland (in)security -- America's open doors -- Air attack -- Port security and nuclear attack -- Mass transit attack -- Critical infrastructure and "soft" targets -- The failure of intelligence -- Preparing for a catastrophic attack -- Wasteful spending and sloppy accounting -- Closing the vulnerability gap.
Summary
Based on his first-hand experiences and observations of how the Department of Homeland Security is failing to make America safe, Ervin shows the real threats we face--from nuclear attack to homegrown terrorism. Pushed out by the White House for refusing to sugarcoat its failures, Ervin candidly discusses the circumstances of his departure. He takes the reader inside the decision-making councils of this newest department of the U.S. government, and shows how his team's prescriptions for urgent change were ignored--leaving the US vulnerable to another terrorist attack.--From publisher description.
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ISBN
1403972885 (alk. paper)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [233]-253) and index.
Endowment Note
University Libraries Endowment (Campus College Libraries)
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