Homeland Security Definition
1. Homeland Security as Defined by Various U.S. National Security Strategies and Policies The concept of homeland security is not new; since the bloody birth of the United States in 1776, Americans have been engaged in securing and defending the homeland. However, the current manifestation of the expression Homeland Security was created in the crucible of modern terrorist attacks, most notably that of September 11, 2001. As Noftsinger, Newbold, and Wheeler (2007) note, today’s idea of homeland security was created in response to the increasing terrorist threat, when it was recognized that the increased terrorist threat could not be combatted through conventional means. While the idea of homeland security is generally taken to indicate the
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For instance, in 2002, the DHS broadly stated that homeland security “represents a concerted national effort to prevent terrorist attacks within the United States, reduce[s] America’s vulnerability to terrorism, minimize[s] the damage, and [r]ecovers from the attacks that do occur” (as cited in Noftsinger, Newbold, & Wheeler, 2007, pp. 29-30). While a later definition, also devised by the DHS, specifies that the phrase homeland security refers to an “enterprise” (DHS, 2010, 12) of: Collective efforts and shared responsibilities of Federal, State, local, tribal, territorial, nongovernmental, and private-sector partners- as well as individuals, families, and communities- to maintain critical homeland security capabilities. It connotes a broad- based community with a common interest in the public safety and well-being of America and American society and is composed of multiple partners and stakeholders whose roles and responsibilities are distributed and shared. (2010, p. 12)
Clearly, the latter rendition has benefited from the past eight years of experience, recommendations, and refinements, allowing the DHS to better articulate its own existence. Despite this refinement however, debate still rings through literature produced in regards to homeland …show more content…
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For instance, in 2002, the DHS broadly stated that homeland security “represents a concerted national effort to prevent terrorist attacks within the United States, reduce[s] America’s vulnerability to terrorism, minimize[s] the damage, and [r]ecovers from the attacks that do occur” (as cited in Noftsinger, Newbold, & Wheeler, 2007, pp. 29-30). While a later definition, also devised by the DHS, specifies that the phrase homeland security refers to an “enterprise” (DHS, 2010, 12) of: Collective efforts and shared responsibilities of Federal, State, local, tribal, territorial, nongovernmental, and private-sector partners- as well as individuals, families, and communities- to maintain critical homeland security capabilities. It connotes a broad- based community with a common interest in the public safety and well-being of America and American society and is composed of multiple partners and stakeholders whose roles and responsibilities are distributed and shared. (2010, p. 12)
Clearly, the latter rendition has benefited from the past eight years of experience, recommendations, and refinements, allowing the DHS to better articulate its own existence. Despite this refinement however, debate still rings through literature produced in regards to homeland …show more content…
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