Homeland Security Policy: Essential Reading

The list author says:
	"Start here if you haven't read it already.  An essential document that will still be read 100 years from now."

The list author says:
	"A well-written and very concise overview of the key challenges facing America in homeland security today.  Particular expertise on maritime and container security issues."

The list author says:
	"Steve Flynn's forthcoming followup to "America the Vulnerable""

The list author says:
	"An excellent update on the current state of homeland security policy in mid-2006."

The list author says:
	"A journalist's narrative of the policy developments leading to the creation of the Department of Homeland Security after 9/11."

The list author says:
	"This came out in July 2002, about the same time that the Bush administration decided to create DHS - and it provides insights into how leading policy-makers delineated the government's key missions."

The list author says:
	"Network security expert provides a good theoretical treatise on the broader utility of and imperatives for security."

The list author says:
	"A focused look at the most dangerous threat to US national security."

The list author says:
	"Interesting overview of the technology side of homeland security."

The list author says:
	"Journalist's inquiry into the privacy issues associated with homeland security."

The list author says:
	"Another take on how to consider the conflicting issues of privacy and security."

The list author says:
	"A good theoretical overview of what businesses need to do to prepare for disaster - not just superficially, but reaching across their entire strategy and structure."

The list author says:
	"A well-written narrative and analysis of the response to Hurricane Katrina"

The list author says:
	"A broad critique of the Bush administration's waging of the war on terror.  Contains a chapter on homeland security."

The list author says:
	"Two Heritage Foundation scholars take a long-term, strategic look at the challenges of terrorism and homeland security."

The list author says:
	"Judge Posner puts forward an argument on applying cost-benefit analysis to questions of risk.  Arguably flawed, given the challenges of measuring terrorism risk, but worth reading."

The list author says:
	"Best work of history to date on the events that led to the rise of al-Qaeda and the development of American policy in reaction to the mounting threat."

The list author says:
	"A bit too alarmist, I'd argue...but well-written and worth reading for its details."

The list author says:
	"Too polemical, and often ignoring evidence that is contrary to the author's predispositions."