Since 2000, the U.S. military has been building up forward-deployed forces on the westernmost U.S. territory of Guam to increase U.S. presence, det...

As part of the conflict with Al Qaeda and the Taliban, the United States has captured and detained numerous persons believed to have been part of o...

The foreign policy of the United States is the policy by which the United States interacts with foreign nations and sets standards of interaction f...

American policy on the interrogation of detainees is an exceptionally complex issue, one that cannot be adequately addressed nor satisfactorily res...

This book outlines the strategic framework to guide the activities of participants in homeland security towards a common end. A safe and secure hom...

The U.S. insular areas of American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, and three Freely Ass...

The attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11th, 2001, dramatically demonstrated the intelligence threats facing the Unite...

The United States has long been a leader in maritime security, including in countering the threat of piracy. Since 2009, the United States has orga...

This book is an overview on "crew rotation" which is the practice of using more than one crew to operate a single ship. This practice has attracted...

Military health care professionals serve in a variety of settings, more diverse than is typically found in the civilian environment. The Military H...

This book explores America's national security strategy, which is focused on renewing American leadership so that we can more effectively advance o...

This book provides background information and presents potential issues for Congress concerning the Navy's ship force-structure goals and shipbuild...

Even though the United States plans to reduce the number of warheads deployed on its long-range missiles and bombers, consistent with the terms of ...

This book is an overview of the U.S. nuclear stockpile and the issues relating to maintenance and replacement of warheads. Nuclear weapons will con...

The Bush Administration conducted a review of US nuclear weapons force posture during its first year in office. Although the review sought to adjus...

Nuclear weapons are an essential part of the nation's defence strategy. The National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA) manages the nation's ...

The United States is concurrently pursuing the goals of reducing the size of its nuclear weapons force -- strategic and non-strategic, deployed and...

This book presents and discusses various economic policies in North America. Topics discussed include the Manhattan Project, the Apollo Program and...

This book explores conventional prompt global strike and long-range ballistic mission options. Prompt global strike (PGS) would allow the United St...

Public diplomacy is defined in different ways, but broadly it is a term used to describe a government's efforts to conduct foreign policy and promo...

The U.S. Secret Service has two missions: criminal investigations and protection. Criminal investigation activities, which have expanded since its ...

Since the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001, maritime security efforts have focused primarily on large commercial vessels, cargoes, and crew. ...

Border insecurity is not a new phenomenon. For more than 25 years, Congress has increased border security resources in response to this challenge o...