| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 180 pages) : illustrations. |
| Series |
Information Plus reference series |
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Gale virtual reference library
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Information Plus reference series.
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| Note |
"ISSN: 1543-5407." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
1. A historical overview -- 2. The organization of national security -- 3. Terrorism -- 4. The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq -- 5. Homeland security -- 6. Countries of concern -- 7. Proliferation of weapons -- 8. American civil liberties -- 9. Human and legal rights of detainees -- 10. U.S. relations with the Islamic world. |
| Summary |
Covers formation of the Department of Homeland Security, increased security measures at airports, the enactment of the Patriot Act of 2001, and the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq. Provides the history of national security in the United States; descriptions of the various conventional and nonproliferation treaties and regimes; and information on countries of concern to the United States. |
| Note |
Description based on print version record. |
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GMD: electronic resource. |
| Subject |
National security -- United States.
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| Added Author |
Gale Group.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: National security. Detroit, Mich. : Gale, 2013 9781414481470 |
| ISBN |
9781414482736 (electronic book) |
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9781414481470 |
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1414481470 |
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