Failures of Imagination
The Deadliest Threats to Our Homeland--and How to Thwart Them
New York : Crown Forum, [2016]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: viii, 296 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
"The sitting chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, who receives daily intelligence about threats materializing against America, depicts in real time the hazards that [he believes] are closer than we realize. From cyberwarriors who can cripple the Eastern seaboard to radicalized Americans in league with Islamic jihadists to invisible biological warfare, many of the most pressing dangers are the ones [he feels] we've heard about the least--and are doing the least about"--Amazon.com.
Contents:
Unfinished Business : A Decapitation Strike at the U.S. Capitol -- The Venezuelan Connection : Hezbollah Goes Radioactive on Our Southern Border -- The Manchurian Campaign : China Plots to Buy the White House (Again) -- Black Friday : Massacre at the Mall of America -- Going Dark : Cyberstrike on the World's Financial Capital -- The Threat We Can't See : Bioterror in the Magic Kingdom -- Final Approach : Terror in the Skies of Los Angeles on Oscar Night -- North Atlantic Storm : Russia Launches a New Cold War.
Subjects:
Terrorism -- Prevention -- Government policy -- United States.
Cyberterrorism -- Prevention -- Government policy -- United States.
National security -- United States.
Terrorism -- Prevention -- Government policy -- United States.
Cyberterrorism -- Prevention -- Government policy -- United States.
National security -- United States.
ISBN:
9781101905418
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
GOV McC | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-286) and index.