Homeland Security Presidential Directives: Establishing America's Strategies to Prepare, Prevent, Protect, Respond, and Recover from Terrorism Within the United States Book

Homeland Security Presidential Directives laid the foundations of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Sixteen different Presidential Directives provided guidance and instructions on how the DHS was to function. This book provides an overview of the founding documents of the DHS, and contains the strategies put into motion to protect the United States against a variety of terrorist threats. Readers will gain an understanding of how the DHS was created, and examine the blueprint for its means of operation. HSPD's are the basis of today's emergency management, planning, and response and recover standards. Knowledge of these directives is key to understanding the government's role during a crisis. The DHS was created to correct weaknesses in government agencies, and to improve coordination between them. The DHS combined 22 different government agencies into one organization, which combines its resources to prepare, prevent, protect, respond, and recover from Terrorism within the United States.