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Series
Publisher
Mason Crest
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
80 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
America has always been a nation of immigrants. In addition to the approximately 1 million immigrants who enter the United States legally each year, millions more enter without documentation or overstay their visas. It is the job of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to help hard working immigrants in search of a better life to enter the U.S. legally while keeping out terrorists and other foreign nationals who would seek to harm the nation. CBP,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Mason Crest
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
80 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001-the worst ever on U.S. soil-highlighted a dangerous vulnerability in America's protection strategies. The big question everyone was asking was how could a country with the world's most formidable armed forces have found itself so defenseless against determined-but relatively poorly equipped-enemies? Formed in direct response to the 2001 attacks, the Department of Homeland Security was intended to make sure...
Author
Series
Publisher
Mason Crest
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
80 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Following the al Qaeda terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the U.S. government convened a special commission to investigate the intelligence failure that allowed the attacks to happen. Known informally as the 9/11 Commission, its report concluded among other things that "none of the measures adopted by the U.S. government before 9/11 disturbed or even delayed the progress of the al Qaeda plot." An important step toward addressing this failure...
Author
Series
Publisher
MASON CREST
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
80 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Of all the threats to peace and democracy in the world today, few are more disturbing than that of biological or chemical warfare. These weapons are cheap to make and easy to use, which has made them the ideal choice for a new and sinister breed of terrorists. Protecting against Biological and Chemical Attack is a fascinating introduction to the main types of biological and chemical weapons, including their history, applications, and limitations....
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