TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mulqueen,Michael
TI  - Re-evaluating Irish national security policy: Affordable threats?
SN  - 9781847793300
AV  - UA665 .R448 2009
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Manchester
PB  - Manchester University Press
KW  - National security
KW  - Ireland
KW  - World politics
KW  - 1995-2005
KW  - 2005-2015
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; 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; 2; b
N2  - 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
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