Disaster - Hurricane Katrina and the Failure of Homeland Security (Paperback)

"[A] tightly crafted, very readable book . . . the best in-depth contemporary analysis we are going to get."--Stephen Flynn, The Washington Post When Hurricane Katrina roared ashore on August 29, 2005, federal and state officials were not prepared for the devastation it would bring. In this searing indictment of what went wrong, Christopher Cooper and Robert Block take readers inside FEMA and the Department of Homeland Security to reveal the inexcusable mismanagement during the crisis--the bad decisions that were made, the facts that were ignored, and the individuals who saw that the system was broken but did nothing to fix it.
In this award-winning and critically acclaimed book, Cooper and Block reconstruct the crucial days before and after the storm hit, laying bare the government's inability to respond to the most elemental needs. They also demonstrate how the Bush administration's obsessive focus on terrorist threats fatally undermined the government's ability to respond to natural disasters. The incompetent response to Hurricane Katrina is a wake-up call to all Americans, wherever they live, about how distressingly vulnerable we remain.

General

Imprint:	Holt Paperback
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	May 2007
First published:	May 2007
Authors:	Christopher Cooper • Robert Block
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	333
ISBN-13:	978-0-8050-8650-8
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social work > Aid & relief programmes Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political structure & processes > Constitution, government & the state Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Social impact of disasters > General Books > Humanities > History > American history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945 > General Books > History > American history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945 > General Promotions
LSN:	0-8050-8650-1
Barcode:	9780805086508

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