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Small, Cathleen

Summary: The borders between the United States and foreign countries are important locations. Goods and people cross them constantly as they move from one nation to another. Readers discover what happens at these borders and how they are protected through enlightening main text and sidebars that provide additional information. Full-color photographs are also included, helping readers visualize the...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Lucent Press 2018

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 363 SMA

Suskind, Ron.

Summary: A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and the author of "The Price of Loyalty" and "The One Percent Doctrine" returns with an election year account of the looming national security crisis that America faces right now.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2008

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.931 SUS

Lichtblau, Eric.

Contents: This thing called the constitution -- Collateral damage -- Don't embarrass the bureau -- Threats, pronouncements, and the media wars -- Sworn to secrecy -- Blood on our hands -- High-level confirmation -- Swift-boated (round two) -- A loyal Bushie.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2008

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.931 LIC

Edgar, Timothy H.

Summary: America's mass surveillance programs, once secret, can no longer be ignored. While Edward Snowden began the process in 2013 with his leaks of top secret documents, the Obama administration's own reforms have also helped bring the National Security Agency and its programs of signals intelligence collection out of the shadows. The real question is: What should we do about mass surveillance?...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Brookings Institution Press 2017

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 342 EDG

Lassieur, Allison

Summary: This encyclopedia offers readers the chance to explore the 63 national parks in the United States and its territories. Alongside photos of the parks, the text highlights each park's history, points of interest, and things to do. Features include glossary, additional resources, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Encyclopedias, an imprint of Abdo Reference 2023

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J917.3 LAS

Goldstone, Lawrence

Summary: "On December 7, 1941 -- "a date which will live in infamy" -- the Japanese navy launched an attack on the American military bases at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The next day, President Franklin Roosevelt declared war on Japan, and the US Army officially entered the Second World War. Three years later, on December 18, 1944, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which enabled the Secretary...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Focus 2022

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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 341.6 GOL

Chertoff, Michael

Summary: "Chertoff [posits] that our laws and policies surrounding the protection of personal information, written for an earlier time, need to be ... overhauled in the Internet era. On the one hand, the collection of data--more widespread by business than by government, and impossible to stop--should be facilitated as an ultimate protection for society. On the other, standards under which information...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2018

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 343 CHE

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