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Securing the State by Omand, David is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Securing the State about?
Introduction : A lesson from the Fourteenth Century. The importance of security ... and a warning from the fifteenth century -- 1. Securitas : the public value of security -- 2. Sapientia : the public value of intelligence -- 3. Fortitudio : the public value of resilience -- 4. Civitas : The public value of civic harmony -- 5. The intelligence cycle : from whence owe you this strange intelligence? -- 6. Elucidation : ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free -- 7. Analysts and policy-makers : idealists and realists -- 8. Intelligence failures : on not being surprised by surprise -- 9. In medias res : security and infotainment -- 10. Ethical issues : the good of the city and the city of the good -- 11. Intelligence design : building intelligence communities -- 12. A fresco for the future.;Governments recognize the public depends on the certainty that they are safe from terrorism, war, or nuclear attack. They need to believe that the government can protect them from pandemics and climate change. Yet when political institutions fail to balance justice, liberty, privacy, and civic harmony in the pursuit of security, they jeopardize the very trust and confidence they hop
Who reads Securing the State?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Omand, David
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, Inc
- Published
- 2014
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780231701846
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Political Science, Military, Fiction
- Rating
- 3.94 / 5 (25 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14