Understanding Homeland Security

"Understanding Homeland Security is an important contribution to the literature on homeland security, providing a rich overview written by a highly knowledgeable author with firsthand experience working on the issues the book details. The book is further strengthened by the detailed interviews with former Secretaries Ridge and Napolitano, among others, and is warmly recommended as an essential text on this immensely complex and timely issue." -Professor Bruce Hoffman, Georgetown University, and author of Inside Terrorism

"Policies and strategies focused on protecting the United States from threats known and unknown, managing the movement of people and goods across borders, and securing domestic infrastructure against cyberattacks, terrorism and natural disasters, require a thorough understanding of numerous government apparatuses and actors. Today, more than ever before, our policymakers, officials, and law enforcement professionals need to have a comprehensive understanding of homeland security. In this book, Ehsan Zaffar-a seasoned and highly competent homeland security expert with experience across all aspects of this field-gives readers the practical insights they need to balance a free-moving economy with the need to ensure the security of the United States. This textbook is the first of its kind in its practical and comprehensive approach to modern homeland security law and policy-it is an essential resource for students, policymakers, and practitioners." -Dr Kevin Fandl, former Chief of Staff for International Trade and Intellectual Property at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and author of Law and Public Policy

"The unaccompanied minor issue is another reflection of the failure of political leadership from both political parties to grasp the national implications of an immigration system that is in need of overhaul." -From Zaffar's interview with Tom Ridge, Former Secretary of Homeland Security (2003-05) in Chapters 1 and 2

"...[T]hat is immigration...you have a system that no longer matches reality, our economic needs, nor our moral values." -From Zaffar's interview with Janet Napolitano, Former Secretary of Homeland Security (2009-13) in Chapter 4

"Ehsan Zaffar presents a broad-based and intelligent overview of homeland security in the United States throughout his book Understanding Homeland Security: Foundations of Security Policy. The book is well-organized, well-written, and easy to follow."-Security Management Magazine, September 2020