Fortress America: On the Front Lines of Homeland Security - An Inside Look at the Coming Surveillance State
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| Rating | : | 4.90 (717 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00D611Z36 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 554 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-10-16 |
| Language | : | English |
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Would a "safe" America even look like America anymore? One of the few journalists to penetrate the new counter terror initiative, Matthew Brzezinski offers an insider's look at the new technology, laws, tactics, and persistent vulnerabilities of the post-9/11 era. Heavily armed guards at the entrances to malls and restaurants. But the costs of safeguarding our country will require not only unprecedented amounts of funding, but dramatic changes in the way Americans lead their everyday lives. But will Americans trade liberty for security? Will they have a choice? And can even the most radical measures insure that a 9/11 style attack won't happen again? From an unheeded warning six years before the WTC disaster to dramatic war-game scenarios secretly conducted at Andrews Air Force Base and chilling on-site simulations of actu
Facinating analysis Anthricite In depth portrait of the changes in America in the post 9/11 era. Brzezinski provides both a micro-level and macro-level perspective on the impact terrorism has made on American life.. "Necessary Discourse" according to KML. FORTRESS AMERICA is a well written, engrossing account of what we know so far and what COULD happen if forces go unchecked. We are, thankfully, a government of checks and balances and while most of the extreme scenarios in this book may not become a reality, it makes me even more vigilant that small measures (like the Patriot Act) do not snowball into larger issues. The fact remains that the future is even more uncertain than ever and I hope to never live in a country that would put my name on a list (or search. Interesting Tom This book does shed some light on previously little known topics. It is a book that must be read carefully.