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Beyond fear : thinking sensibly about security in an uncertain world
Contents Part One: Sensible Security 1. All Security Involves Trade-offs 2. Security Trade-offs Are Subjective 3. Security Trade-offs Depend on Power and Agenda Part Two: How Security Works 4. Systems and How They Fail 5. Knowing the Attackers 6. Attackers Never Change Their Tunes, Just Their Instruments 7. Technology Creates Security Imbalances 8. Security Is a Weakest-Link Probl…
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- 9780387026206
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- 295 hal.; ilus.;24 cm
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- 363.3 SCH b
Top secret America: the rise of the new american security state
The top-secret world that the government created in response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks has become so enormous, so unwieldy, and so secretive that no one knows how much money it costs, how many people it employs or exactly how many agencies duplicate work being done elsewhere. The result is that the system put in place to keep the United States safe may be putting us in greater danger. In TO…
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- First Edition
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- 9780316182218
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- xxiv, 296 hlm.: ilus.; 24 cm.
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- 363.3273 PRI t
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