Open Target: Where America Is Vulnerable to Attack

by Clark Kent Ervin

Based on his first-hand experiences and observations of how the Department of Homeland Security is failing to make America safe, Ervin shows the real threats we face--from nuclear attack to homegrown terrorism. Pushed out by the White House for refusing to sugarcoat its failures, Ervin candidly discusses the circumstances of his departure. He takes the reader inside the decision-making councils of this newest department of the U.S. government, and shows how his team's prescriptions for urgent change were ignored--leaving the US vulnerable to another terrorist attack.

Genres: Politics

272 pages, Hardcover

First published May 2, 2006

Reviews

[Jim Garrett · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book lays out how sadly our nation went from being committed to fighting terrorism to merely paying lip service to the idea. Mr. Ervin lays out how sadly we have a massive but impotent national security apparatus.