The Foreign Service Journal, November 2016

THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL | NOVEMBER 2016 33 of hazards, assessing vulnerability and risk, and the players involved in international disasters. This updated version explores statistical data and interna- tional responses to recent disasters, as well as expanding the analysis of small-island developing states. It also addresses the United Nations Hyogo Framework for Action, a 10-year plan completed in 2015, and the Post-2015 Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, which is still under development. The final sec- tion of the book discusses the complexities of coherent disaster management on an international scale and predictions for disaster management moving forward. Damon Coppola, the husband of FSO Mary Gardner Cop- pola, is a partner with Bullock and Haddow LLC, a disaster management consulting firm, where he has worked with the World Bank Group; the Institute for Crisis, Disaster and Risk Management; and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. An adjunct faculty member at the Loma Linda University School of Public Health, he has authored and co-authored more than a dozen academic and professional emergency management textbooks. Introduction to Homeland Security: Principles of All-Hazards Risk Management Damon P. Coppola, Jane Bullock and George Haddow, Elsevier Publishing Company, 2016, $94.95/paperback, 742 pages. This book is a comprehensive guide to the field of homeland security, including its history and a look at the current threats the United States faces post-9/11. Focus- ing on emerging threats such as cybercrime, this fifth edition explores the complexities of a changing security environment that relies more heavily on computer technology and the pri- vate sector than ever before. Also new to this edition are analyses of the Department of Homeland Security’s “Blue Campaign” to stop human traffick- ing and the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Cybersecurity Framework for critical infrastructure protection. The final chapter examines unresolved issues in the field and the potential future of this discipline. Each of the 11 chapters includes such helpful features as “What You Will Learn,” “Criti- cal Thinking” and “Key Terms.” Also included throughout the text are online references so readers can access the most up-to- date information on issues or programs. Damon Coppola, the husband of FSO Mary Gardner Cop- pola, is a partner with Bullock and Haddow LLC, a disaster management consulting firm. Jane Bullock was a member of the Clinton administration’s communication team for the Y2K issue and most recently served as chief of staff to James Lee Witt, director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. George Haddow, an adjunct professor at the Homeland Secu- rity Studies program at Tulane University, previously served as White House liaison and deputy chief of staff in the Office of the Director of FEMA. Sabotaging the Planet: Denial and International Negotiations William R. McPherson, CreateSpace, 2016, $15/paperback, $9.99/Kindle, 254 pages. The Paris Agreement on Climate Change, commonly known as COP 21, that saw 195 countries commit to reducing green- house gas emissions, marks a major turning point in interna- tional efforts to combat climate change, argues climate change and environmental policy specialist William McPherson. This book tells the story behind that landmark agreement. Chapters address the recent history of international negotia- tions on climate change; climate change denial in the U.S. Con- gress; the history of the Paris Agreement and an assessment of its successes and failures; and global governance methods for reducing carbon emissions, such as carbon budgets and climate courts, border taxes and enforcement. A vocal minority of the American population still denies that climate change is occurring. McPherson argues that American politicians who may believe the science behind climate change will often cite anti-climate change pseudoscience when they don’t favor a certain legislative action on global warming. This is a good reminder that the Paris Agreement was by no means inevitable; it faced considerable opposition from developed as well as developing countries. William R. McPherson spent 21 years in the Foreign Service, serving in Japan, Korea, the Philippines and Switzerland, among other assignments. In retirement he has worked on international environmental issues and is an activist with the Sierra Club on climate change and coal exports. His previous book, Climate, Weather and Ideology: Climate Change Denial (2015), looks at the roots of the movement and its adherents’ motives.