Ami J. Abou-bakr, Managing Disasters through Public-Private Partnerships (Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2013)
Austin D. Givens reviews Managing Disasters through Public-Private Partnerships by Ami J. Abou-bakr
By Austen D. Givens
Book Reviews
Book Reviews
Book Review: Fighting Back: What Governments Can Do About Terrorism
David Brannan reviews the book Fighting Back: What Governments Can Do About Terrorism, by Paul Shemella, ed.
Reviewed by David Brannan
Book Review: Same Priorities, Different Perspectives: Tom Ridge and Michael Chertoff on Homeland Security
Former Secretaries of the Department of Homeland Security Tom Ridge and Michael Chertoff have each published historical retrospectives on homeland security and their experiences leading the government’s newest department.
By Stephanie Blum
Book Review: The Closing of the American Border: Terrorism, Immigration, and Security Since 9/11 by Edward Alden
Theophilos Gemelas and Randy Beardsworth review The Closing of the American Border: Terrorism, Immigration, and Security Since 9/11 by Edward Alden.
By Theophilos Gemelas and Randy Beardsworth
Book Review: “Consent, Consumers, and the Constitution.” Review of Terror and Consent: The Wars for the 21st Century by Philip Bobbitt
Philip J. Palin reviews Terror and Consent: The Wars for the 21st Century by Philip Bobbitt.
By Philip Palin
Film Review: “No Longer Trapped in the War on Terror.” Review of Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay, a film by Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg.
Judy Boyd reviews the film Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay and suggests the way in which this film satirizes our response to the war on terror may be an indication of the change in broader cultural attitudes toward terrorism.
By Judith Boyd
Book Review: George Kennan’s Ghost: Faith Reason, and the War Against Jihadism by George Weigel
Philip J. Palin reviews Faith, Reason, and the War Against Jihadism, by George Weigel. A Catholic scholar argues for reason as a weapon in the current struggle.
By Philip Palin
Book Review: Catastrophe: Risk and Response, by Richard A. Posner
Patrick Roberts reviews Catastrophe: Risk and Response, by Richard A. Posner.
By Patrick Roberts
Book Review: The Next Catastrophe: Reducing Our Vulnerabilities to Natural, Industrial, and Terrorist Disasters by Charles Perrow
Paul Stockton reviews The Next Catastrophe: Reducing Our Vulnerabilities to Natural, Industrial, and Terrorist Disasters, by Charles Perrow.
By Paul Stockton
Book Review: The Edge of Disaster, by Stephen Flynn
Paul Stockton reviews The Edge of Disaster by Stephen Flynn.
By Paul Stockton
