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The Forgotten Homeland.

By:Taylor, John
Publication: MBR Bookwatch
Date: Sunday, July 1 2007

The Forgotten Homeland

Steve N. Simon & Robert K. Knake

The Century Foundation

41 East 70th Street, New York, NY 10021

9780870784989, $15.95 www.tcf.org

The Forgotten Homeland: A Century Foundation Task Force Report is a report on the state of American security by The Century Foundation, a not-for-profit and nonpartisan organization devoted to analyzing economic policy, foreign affairs, and domestic political issues. The verdict of The Forgotten Homeland is unfortunately negative--there are far too many ways in which America has failed to learn the lessons of 9/11 and taken appropriate safeguards against future threats, from gaps in cybersecurity to chemical plant security to restoring discarded federal emergency response strategies that worked and keeping focus on aviation security, and putting the American nuclear house in order. A timely, if chilling appraisal of measures America needs to take for its own protection, strongly recommended especially for anyone involved in politics or matters of state.

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