U.S. Homeland Security: A Reference Handbook (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781851098033)

A legal scholar details the creation and function of the Department of Homeland Security, placing it in historical context.

A concept so important, it is among the first words of the U.S. Constitution, the defense of our borders is as essential today as it was more than 200 years ago. In response to the breakdown of that function on September 11, 2001, the administration sponsored the USA PATRIOT Act, and created the Office of Homeland Security. Critics of those actions claim these measures give too much power to the government and impermissibly impinge on civil liberties; supporters claim they are necessary for national security.

From the 1798 Alien and Sedition Acts to the present, the government has aggressively discharged its duty to ensure domestic tranquility, including jailing dissidents and forcing Japanese American citizens into internment camps. In this book, a leading legal scholar explains in detail the present federal actions and places them in historical context.

Author: Howard Ball
ISBN-10: 1851098038
ISBN-13: 9781851098033
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Language: English
Published: 09/01/2005
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.13lbs
Size: 9.34h x 6.24w x 0.98d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 02/01/2007 pg. 173
Rec Ref Bks for Small/Med Libr 01/01/2007 pg. 144
American Reference Bks Annual 01/01/2007 pg. 312