Bibliography Category: Security Issues

Goss, Thomas. 2006. “Who’s in Charge?” New Challenges in Homeland Defense and Homeland Security. Homeland Security Affairs Vol. 2, no. 1 (April). http://www.hsaj.org/?fullarticle=2.1.2 (accessed 15 February 2012). This article describes the ambiguous nature of the twin government endeavors known as “homeland security” and “homeland defense”. It seeks to determine which agency should lead and how, […]

George, Roger Z. and Harvey Rishikof. The National Security Enterprise: Navigating the Labyrinth. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2011. This book offers a broad overview and analysis of the many government agencies involved in national security issues, the interagency process, Congressional checks and balances, and the influence of private sector organizations.

Foerster, Paul S. “The Fire Service’s Role in Maritime Homeland Security.” Master’s Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterery, CA, 2011. http://edocs.nps.edu/npspubs/scholarly/theses/2011/March/11Mar_Foerster.pdf (accessed 8 August 2011). This thesis examines the role of the fire service in maritime homeland security operations, and provides a framework that fire departments can use to enhance their capabilities.

Flournoy, Michele A. and Shawn W. Brimley. 2006. Strategic Planning for National Security: A New Project Solarium. Joint Forces Quarterly, no. 41 (April). 80-82. https://digitalndulibrary.ndu.edu/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/ndupress&CISOPTR=19400&REC=20 (accessed 19 October 2011). This article argues for establishing a strategic planning process for national security that includes three key elements: a quadrennial national security review that would identify national […]

Finkelstein, David. The Military Dimensions of U.S.-China Security Cooperation: Retrospective and Future Prospects. Alexandria, VA: Center for Naval Analysis, 2010. http://www.cna.org/sites/default/files/research/D0023640.A1.pdf (accessed 26 January 2012). This study discusses the historical, contemporary, and future dimensions of cooperation between the U.S. armed services and the Chinese People’s Liberation Army. It describes the high and low periods of […]

Feaver, Peter D. Soldiers and Civilians: The Civil-Military Gap and American National Security. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2001. This book analyzes the emerging civil-military “gap” in the United States, drawing on a major survey of military officers, civilian leaders, and the general public. The book’s contributors, leading scholars of defense policy, find that numerous schisms […]

Eisinger, Peter. 2006. Imperfect Federalism: The Intergovernmental Partnership for Homeland Security. Public Administration Review Vol. 66, no. 4: 537-545. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1540-6210.2006.00614.x/pdf (accessed 26 October 2011). This article explores the strains in the intergovernmental homeland security partnership, their causes, and efforts to adapt and reform. Despite some progress toward a more rational public administration of homeland security, […]

Edmondson, R. G. Maritime –Security Strategy Takes a Step Toward Interagency Cooperation. Additional information is not available.

Ebbighausen, John H. “Unity of Command for Homeland Security: Title 32, Title 10, or a Combination.” Master’s Thesis, Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, KS, 2006. http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p4013coll2/id/561/rec/3 (accessed 16 June 2011). This study examines laws and policies, such as the Posse Comitatus Act, the Stafford Act, the Insurrection Act, the National Response Plan, the […]

Department of Homeland Security. Written Testimony of U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office of Border Patrol Deputy Chief Ronald Vitiello, and Office of Air and Marine Southwest Border Operations Executive Director Martin Vaughan for a House Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security Hearing Titled “Boots on the Ground or Eyes in […]