Citizens Defending America: From Colonial Times to the Age of Terrorism

by Martin Alan Greenberg

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 082294264X
• ISBN13: 9780822942641
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Length: 364 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.2"