The following publications are good analyses of the concept of homeland security and the homeland security bureaucracy.

Aronowitz, Stanley and Heather Gautney, eds. 2003. Implicating Empire: Globalization and Resistance in the 21st Century World Order. New York: Basic Books.

Bergen, Peter I. 2011. A Very Long War: The History of the War on Terror and the Battles With Al Qaeda Since 9/11. New York: Free Press.

Booth, Ken and Tim Dunne, eds. 2002. Worlds in Collision: Terror and the Future of Global Order. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.

Carr, Matthew. 2007. The Infernal Machine: A History of Terrorism. New York: New Press.

Coen, Bob and Eric Nadler. 2009. Dead Silence: Fear and Terror on the Anthrax Trail. Berkeley, CA: Counterpoint.

Cronin, Isaac, ed. 2002. Confronting Fear: A History of Terrorism. New York: Thunder’s Mouth Press.

Gage, Beverly. 2009. The Day Wall Street Exploded: A Story of America in Its First Age of Terror. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.

Kamien, David G. 2006. The McGraw-Hill Homeland Security Handbook. New York: McGraw-Hill.

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States. 2004. The 9/11 Commission Report. New York: Norton.

Purpura, Philip P. 2007. Terrorism and Homeland Security: An Introduction With Applications. New York: Butterworth-Heinemann.

Sage Publications. 2010. Issues and Homeland Security: Selections From CQ Researcher. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Sauter, Mark A. and James Jay Carafano. 2005. Homeland Security: A Complete Guide to Understanding, Preventing, and Surviving Terrorism. New York: McGraw-Hill.