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020 _a9781440854101
_q(electronic book)
020 _z9781440854095
_q(hardcover : alkaline paper)
035 _a(OCoLC)1030448028
040 _aMiFhGG
_beng
_cMiFhGG
_erda
_epn
050 4 _aKF4850
_b.L46 2018
100 1 _aLeMay, Michael C.,
_d1941-
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aHomeland security :
_ba reference handbook /
_cMichael C. LeMay.
264 1 _aSanta Barbara, California :
_bABC-CLIO, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC,
_c[2018]
264 4 _c 2018
300 _a1 online resource (xxi, 376 pages) :
_billustrations.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aContemporary world issues: government and politics
490 0 _aGale eBooks
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aBackground and history -- Problems, controversies, and solutions -- Perspectives -- Profiles -- Data and documents -- Resources -- Chronology.
520 _aThis book discusses the creation of the Department of Homeland Security and efforts to protect the U.S. from international terrorism. It covers precursor events and laws from 1965 to 2000 which set the stage for the 2002 law that established the Department of Homeland Security, and the problems associated with homeland security policy. Also addresses major units and agencies within the department, provides excerpts and summaries of data, and lists key secondary sources.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bDepartment of Homeland Security
_xHistory.
650 0 _aNational security
_xLaw and legislation
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aInternal security
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aCivil defense
_xLaw and legislation
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aTerrorism
_zUnited States
_xPrevention.
650 0 _aSecurity, International
_zUnited States.
710 2 _aGale (Firm)
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_tHomeland security.
_dSanta Barbara, California : ABC-CLIO, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2018]
_z9781440854095
_w(DLC) 2018014179
830 0 _aContemporary world issues.
856 4 0 _uhttps://link.gale.com/apps/pub/83W2/GVRL?sid=gale_marc&u=phurs
_zAvailable via Gale eBooks. Click here to access
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