HOMELAND SECURITY

Homeland Security

Homeland Security

WHILE HOMELAND SECURITY is closely linked to the issues of defense and national security, it is a term most often used to describe efforts to strengthen the domestic security of the United States in the period following the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Congressional and presidential candidates employed the issue of homeland security in their campaigns, resulting in different electoral consequences during the 2002, 2004, and 2006 elections. Americans' perceptions of invincibility and invulnerability were undermined greatly following the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Those tragic events marked the first time since the 1941 Japanese surprise strike on Pearl Harbor that enemies ...