Homeland Security: The New Role for Defense

Authors

Steven J. Tomisek, Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University

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Description

Before the terrorist attacks of September 11, the Armed Forces focused on deterrence, stability, and warfighting missions arising in overseas theaters. The U.S. homeland was regarded as a rear area, not a front line, and the job of securing it was primarily a task for civilian law enforcement agencies at the Federal, state, and local levels. The attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, and the bioterrorist acts that followed, have prompted a review that reaffirms the Constitutional role of the Federal Government as protector of the states against foreign aggression and restores defense of the American homeland as the primary mission of the Department of Defense (DOD).

Document Type

Policy Brief

Publication Date

2-2002

Publication

Strategic Forum

Publisher

National Defense University Press

City

Washington, DC

Recommended Citation

Tomisek, Steven J., "Homeland Security: The New Role for Defense" (2002). Strategic Forums. 123.
https://digitalcommons.ndu.edu/strategic-forums/123