Since its relatively recent establishment, homeland security as an organizing concept for government services has received its share of criticism and scrutiny. David H. McIntyre attempts to address this problem head-on in his book How to Think About Homeland Security: The Imperfect Intersection of National Security and Public Safety
Reviewed by Caleb Cage
This book is a welcome addition to the rather small literature on domestic and homeland intelligence in the United States. It will interest more than just intelligence specialists, because Tromblay addresses broader homeland security issues, focusing especially on the FBI and DHS, and the book would serve as a useful introduction to those agencies.
Reviewed by Erik Dahl
Book Review: Spying: Assessing US Domestic Intelligence Since 9/11 By Darren E. Tromblay →
Very little actually is known about the interaction between powerful states and individuals, groups, and loose networks of violent extremists devoted to violent acts of aggression.
Reviewed by Scott Romaniuk
Book Review: Illusions of Terrorism & Counter-Terrorism by Richard English →
A parent logs into a child’s computer and a chat room window pops up on the screen. The parent starts scrolling through the chat history and realizes that the child was speaking to an ISIS recruiter. In this hypothetical situation, the child has not conducted any crime, yet the parent is worried. What should the parent do?
Reviewed by Caitlin Ambrozik
This short (141 pages) and very readable book is a good introduction to some of the most useful concepts and best practices for terrorism analysis.
Reviewed by Erik J. Dahl
Matthew Magolan reviews the book, The Siege of Mecca, by Yaroslav Trofimov (New York: Doubleday, 2007).
Reviewed by Matthew Magolan
Book Review: The Siege of Mecca by Yaroslav Trofimov (New York: Doubleday, 2007) →
Robert J. Bunker reviews the book, Border Security, by James Phelps, Jeff Dailey, and Monica Koenigsberg. (Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press, 2014)
Reviewed by Robert J. Bunker
Austin D. Givens reviews Managing Disasters through Public-Private Partnerships by Ami J. Abou-bakr
By Austen D. Givens
David Brannan reviews the book Fighting Back: What Governments Can Do About Terrorism, by Paul Shemella, ed.
Reviewed by David Brannan
Book Review: Fighting Back: What Governments Can Do About Terrorism →
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
