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In five pages a report on this legal text regarding global anti-terrorism and homeland security policies is presented. The bibliography lists no additional sources.
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dominant global superpower United States could be victimized by a surprise attack, was any country safe? For Americans, terrorism was a problem everywhere but on their shores. With
9/11 serving as a serious reality check, Uncle Sam and the rest of the world had to develop legal anti-terrorism approaches and homeland security measures rapidly. The international anti-terrorist
responses implemented in the United States, Europe, and Japan are the focus of James Beckmans 2007 scholarly analysis entitled Comparative Legal Approaches to Homeland Security and Anti-Terrorism. He considers
how major nations are responding to a world in which terrorism is the rule rather than the exception after the events of 9/11. The author shrewdly combines present circumstances
with historical precedents that provide deeper insights into why certain governments approach anti-terrorism methods differently. Beckman favors the comparative legal analysis because he maintains it will eliminate "a myopic
view caused by ethnocentrism," which limits how anti-terrorism and homeland security are addressed (Beckman 5). Calling out the United States in particular for its historic isolationist stance, Beckman reminds
readers that, "As the world continues to shrink and becomes a truly global village, the isolationist mindset becomes more untenable and must be changed" (5). The text consists of an
Introduction, seven country case studies (the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Spain, Russia, Japan, and Israel) subdivided into different chapters, a chapter on international law and the international law
components of the European Union, and a concluding chapter on the current global homeland security status. The author selected these countries for a variety of reasons. First, each
of them has sustained a devastating terrorist attack in recent years. Next, with the lone exception of Japans 1995 Sarin gas attack, all other attacks against these countries are
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