Introduction to Homeland Security
Principles of All-Hazards Risk Management
Business & Finance, Management & Leadership, Management, Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Technology
| Author: | Damon P. Coppola, Jane A. Bullock, George D. Haddow | ISBN: | 9780080949529 |
| Publisher: | Elsevier Science | Publication: | April 19, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Butterworth-Heinemann | Language: | English |
| Author: | Damon P. Coppola, Jane A. Bullock, George D. Haddow |
| ISBN: | 9780080949529 |
| Publisher: | Elsevier Science |
| Publication: | April 19, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Butterworth-Heinemann |
| Language: | English |
Bullock and Haddow have set the standard for homeland security textbooks, and they follow up their top-selling second edition with this substantially improved third edition. Professional practitioners value the decades of experience that the authors bring to their analysis, and their passionate argument for an all-hazards approach to enhancing America's safety is now presented still more cogently.
Links to the most current online government information help to keep the text up-to-date in this rapidly developing field.
The bedrock principles of preparing for, mitigating, managing, and recovering from a disaster remain the same through the years, and this revision emphasizes their value with new clarity and conviction.
NEW TO THIS EDITION:
- New chapter on the future of homeland security
- Updates include developments since 2006, such as the shift from DHS to HHS of National Disaster Medical System
- Slideshow of key moments in American homeland security, including 9/11 and Katrina
Bullock and Haddow have set the standard for homeland security textbooks, and they follow up their top-selling second edition with this substantially improved third edition. Professional practitioners value the decades of experience that the authors bring to their analysis, and their passionate argument for an all-hazards approach to enhancing America's safety is now presented still more cogently.
Links to the most current online government information help to keep the text up-to-date in this rapidly developing field.
The bedrock principles of preparing for, mitigating, managing, and recovering from a disaster remain the same through the years, and this revision emphasizes their value with new clarity and conviction.
NEW TO THIS EDITION:
- New chapter on the future of homeland security
- Updates include developments since 2006, such as the shift from DHS to HHS of National Disaster Medical System
- Slideshow of key moments in American homeland security, including 9/11 and Katrina
