Re-evaluating Irish national security policy Affordable threats?.
Mulqueen, Michael.
Re-evaluating Irish national security policy Affordable threats?. - Manchester : Manchester University Press, (c)2009. - 1 online resource (193 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
9780719080272; 9780719080272; Contents; Abbreviations; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Analysing Irish national security policy; 2. The Irish national security apparatus; 3. Political and financial pressures on national security; 4. 9/11: a critical juncture?; 5. The threat to Ireland and the security response; 6. Decision-makers under pressure; 7. Contingency planning; Bibliography; Index.
On the afternoon of September 11 2001 the Irish Prime Minister (Taoiseach), Bertie Ahern ordered the?heads of the security services of key government departments? to undertake a complete re-evaluation of measures to protect the state from attack. Hence, underway within hours of the 9/11 outrage in the United States was potentially the most far-reaching review of Irish national security in decades. This book, the first major academic investigation of Irish national security policy as it has operated since 9/11, provides a theoretically informed analysis of that re-evaluation and the decisions.
9781847793300
National security--Ireland.
World politics--1995-2005.
World politics--2005-2015.
Electronic Books.
UA665 / .R448 2009
Re-evaluating Irish national security policy Affordable threats?. - Manchester : Manchester University Press, (c)2009. - 1 online resource (193 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
9780719080272; 9780719080272; Contents; Abbreviations; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Analysing Irish national security policy; 2. The Irish national security apparatus; 3. Political and financial pressures on national security; 4. 9/11: a critical juncture?; 5. The threat to Ireland and the security response; 6. Decision-makers under pressure; 7. Contingency planning; Bibliography; Index.
On the afternoon of September 11 2001 the Irish Prime Minister (Taoiseach), Bertie Ahern ordered the?heads of the security services of key government departments? to undertake a complete re-evaluation of measures to protect the state from attack. Hence, underway within hours of the 9/11 outrage in the United States was potentially the most far-reaching review of Irish national security in decades. This book, the first major academic investigation of Irish national security policy as it has operated since 9/11, provides a theoretically informed analysis of that re-evaluation and the decisions.
9781847793300
National security--Ireland.
World politics--1995-2005.
World politics--2005-2015.
Electronic Books.
UA665 / .R448 2009