Security and defence in the terrorist era : Canada and North America / / Elinor C. Sloan

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910807783803321
• Autore: Sloan Elinor C (Elinor Camille), <1965->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Montreal, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2005
• ISBN: 1-282-86381-9; 9786612863813; 0-7735-7320-8
• Descrizione fisica: 198 p
• Collana: Foreign Policy, Security and Strategic Studies ; ; 8
• Disciplina: 355/.033071
• Soggetti: National security - Canada; National security - United States; Canada Defenses; United States Defenses
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.; "The Centre for Security and Foreign Policy Studies and the Raoul-Dandurand Chair of Strategic and Diplomatic Studies".
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references: p. [169]-183.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Matter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Offence and Defence in the Terrorist Era -- The Nature of the Threat -- The Evolution of US Security and Defence Policy in the Post-Cold War Era -- Homeland Security -- Homeland Defence -- Space and Ballistic Missile Defence -- Military Requirements for Addressing Threats to the Homeland Abroad -- Canadian Security and Defence in the Terrorist Era -- Glossary -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: National security is one of the most contentious topics in public policy and politics and one of the most important for the twenty-first century. Since the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001, security and defence have undergone such unprecedented overhauls that even recently implemented policies require reexamination. In this second edition of Security and Defence in the Terrorist Era, Elinor Sloan provides a significantly revised and updated analysis of developments in Canadian and American security and defence policy and notes where there are weaknesses that call for improvement. The author argues that since the ; Second World War Canada has assumed that potential threats will come from overseas rather than from within its borders. Security and Defence in the Terrorist Era shows that Canada's safety depends upon paying equal attention to threats at home and insists that we must consider the effect of climate change on the Arctic as seriously as terrorist threats and ballistic missile defence.