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Citizens Defending America: From Colonial Times to the Age of Terrorism
Martin Alan Greenber
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Description for Citizens Defending America: From Colonial Times to the Age of Terrorism
Hardcover. Focusing on the subject of citizen volunteerism by chronicling the nature and purpose of volunteer police in America since 1620, this book emphasizes the role of young people in the fields of security and safety, and stresses the need for more qualified, trained volunteers to help cope with man-made and natural disasters. Num Pages: 364 pages, 13 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; KNSS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 567.
Foreword by John B. Wilt, Colonel (Retired), U.S. Airforce ReserveToday, concerns over homeland security have led thousands of Americans to volunteer for various citizen emergency response groups, such as the Civil Air Patrol, U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, Community Emergency Response Teams, fire units, etc. In Citizens Defending America, Martin Greenberg focuses new attention on the subject of citizen volunteerism by chronicling the nature and purpose of volunteer police units—authorized organizations of a public or private nature that work at deterring crime and/or preventing terrorism for little or no monetary compensation—in America since 1620. A number of these historical ... Read more
Foreword by John B. Wilt, Colonel (Retired), U.S. Airforce ReserveToday, concerns over homeland security have led thousands of Americans to volunteer for various citizen emergency response groups, such as the Civil Air Patrol, U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, Community Emergency Response Teams, fire units, etc. In Citizens Defending America, Martin Greenberg focuses new attention on the subject of citizen volunteerism by chronicling the nature and purpose of volunteer police units—authorized organizations of a public or private nature that work at deterring crime and/or preventing terrorism for little or no monetary compensation—in America since 1620. A number of these historical ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
364
Place of Publication
Pittsburgh PA, United States
ISBN
9780822942641
SKU
V9780822942641
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Ref
99-15
About Martin Alan Greenber
Martin Alan Greenberg is the volunteer director of research and education for the New York State Association of Auxiliary Police, Inc. With more than 50 years of experience as a teacher and practitioner of criminal justice, Greenberg has been a professor
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