Understanding Homeland Security: Foundations of Security Policy

Understanding Homeland Security is a unique textbook on homeland security that blends the latest research from the areas of immigration policy, counterterrorism research, and border security with practical insight from homeland security experts and leaders such as former Secretaries of the Department of Homeland Security Tom Ridge and Janet Napolitano.

The textbook also includes:

• A historical overview of the origins of the homeland security enterprise as well as its post-9/11 transformati...