Homeland Security and Homeland Defense: America’s New Paradigm
The United States Constitution divides authority over the military between the President, in his role as Commander in Chief,1 and the Congress, which has the authority to “raise and support Armies ... provide and maintain a navy.. . and make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval forces.”2 After the devastating terrorist attacks against the United States on September 11, 2001, President George W. Bush reaffirmed that “The United States government has no more important mission than protecting the homeland from future attacks.”3 The National Strategy for Homeland Security outlines the policy of the United States to achieve this goal.4 It defines homeland security as “a concerted national effort to prevent terrorist attacks within the United States, reduce America’s vulnerability to terrorism, and minimize the damage and recover from attacks that do occur.”5 Further evidence of the U.S. Government’s commitment to this mission can be found in statements made by senior Department of Defense (DOD) leadership: “Protecting the United States homeland from attack is the highest priority of the Department of Defense.”6 DOD has developed a homeland “defense-in-depth” strategy for covering all defense domains.7 A key element of this strategy is addressing threats at the earliest possible opportunity and as far away from our domestic shores as possible. The strategy acknowledges there will be times and instances when military forces will be employed domestically. These instances can be broken down into three broad categories of employment.
Enhancing unity of effort in homeland defense, homeland security, and civil support through interdisciplinary education
Abstract : Whether in prevention of or response to a natural disaster or act of terrorism, overseas or on American soil, unity of effort among multi-disciplinary and multi-jurisdictional operations is essential. Unity of effort goes beyond cooperation or teamwork to include the concepts of communication using a commonly accepted language; understanding roles, missions, authorities, responsibilities, capabilities, and gaps; information sharing; interoperability; and relationship building and collaboration. This thesis highlights the importance of unity of effort, its challenges, and the contributions of interdisciplinary education to building collaborative capacity in meta-discipline environments. The intricacies of homeland defense, homeland security, and civil support necessitate the adaptation of military and national security professional education to incorporate interdisciplinary concepts. The shared learning environments present in the health care meta-discipline are explored for correlations to interdisciplinary homeland defense and security education. The Center for Homeland Defense and Security program is examined to identify contributions of interdisciplinary education to enhancing unity of effort among homeland defense and homeland security stakeholders. By integrating a variety of strategies and reports, this research serves to acknowledge the collaborative capacity built via multijurisdictional, interdisciplinary education as a method to enhance unity of effort and build a cadre of military and national security professionals.
Reconstruction after the Civil War
Illustrations Editor's Foreword 1: The Aftermath of War 2: Presidential Peacemaking 3: Reconstruction: Confederate Style 4: Confederate Reconstruction Under Fire 5: Challenge by Congress 6: The South's New Leaders 7: Constitution-making in the Radical South 8: Reconstruction - Black and White 9: Counter Reconstruction 10: Economic and Social Reconstruction 11: The Era Begins To End 12: The Aftermath of "Redemption" Important Dates Suggested Reading Acknowledgments Index