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Contemporary
SafetyManagement
The new millennium brought a paradigm shift in the United States that completely
changed the condition and understanding of the world and most notably our personal
safety and security. The United States, with the Cold War over, domestic terrorism
at an all-time low, and a thriving economy, achieved a feeling of accomplishment
and contentment. Al Qaeda and other terrorist groups had attacked U.S. people and
property overseas: the U.S.S. Cole in Yemen, soldiers in Somalia, and U.S. embassy
bombings in Tanzania and Kenya; however, because of the perception that that was
“over there,” we felt safe at home in the ...