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Aberfan - Government and Disaster (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)
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Aberfan - Government and Disaster (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)
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On 21 October 1966, 116 children and 28 adults died when a
mountainside coal tip collapsed, engulfing homes and part of a
school in the village of Aberfan below. It is a moment that will be
forever etched in the memories of many people in Wales and beyond.
Aberfan - Government & Disaster is widely recognised as the
definitive study of the disaster. Following meticulous research of
public records - kept confidential by the UK Government's 30-year
rule - the authors, in this revised second edition, explain how and
why the disaster happened and why nobody was held responsible. Iain
McLean and Martin Johnes reveal how the National Coal Board, civil
servants, and government ministers, who should have protected the
public interest, and specifically the interests of the people of
Aberfan, failed to do so. The authors also consider what has been
learned or ignored from Aberfan such as the understanding of
psychological trauma and the law concerning 'corporate
manslaughter'. Aberfan - Government & Disaster is the revised
and updated second edition of Iain McLean and Martin Johnes'
acclaimed study published in 2000, which now solely focuses on
Aberfan.
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