Re-evaluating Irish national security policy [[electronic resource] ] : affordable threats? / / Michael Mulqueen

• Autore: Mulqueen Michael
• Pubblicazione: Manchester, : Manchester University Press, 2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (193 p.)
• Disciplina: 327.1709415; 355.0330417
• Soggetto topico: National security - Ireland
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 9780719080272; 9780719080272; Contents; Abbreviations; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Analysing Irish national security policy; 2. The Irish national security apparatus; 3. Political and financial pressures on national security; 4. 9/11: a critical juncture?; 5. The threat to Ireland and the security response; 6. Decision-makers under pressure; 7. Contingency planning; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: On the afternoon of September 11 2001 the Irish Prime Minister (Taoiseach), Bertie Ahern ordered the 'heads of the security services of key government departments' to undertake a complete re-evaluation of measures to protect the state from attack. Hence, underway within hours of the 9/11 outrage in the United States was potentially the most far-reaching review of Irish national security in decades. This book, the first major academic investigation of Irish national security policy as it has operated since 9/11, provides a theoretically informed analysis of that re-evaluation and the decisions
• Titolo autorizzato: Re-evaluating Irish national security policy
• ISBN: 1-78170-273-X; 1-84779-330-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910465204703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II