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Disaster : Hurricane Katrina and the failure of Homeland Security

Title
  1. Disaster : Hurricane Katrina and the failure of Homeland Security / Christopher Cooper, Robert Block.
Published by
  1. New York : Times Books, 2006.
Supplementary content
  1. Contributor biographical information
  2. Publisher description
  3. Contributor biographical information
  4. Publisher description
Author
  1. Cooper, Christopher, 1961-

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Additional authors
  1. Block, Robert (Robert Jeffrey), 1960-
Description
  1. xvii, 333 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps; 25 cm.
Summary
  1. When Hurricane Katrina roared ashore August 29, 2005, federal and state officials were not prepared for the devastation it would bring--despite all the drills, exercises, and warnings. In this exposé, journalists Cooper and Block show that the flaws go much deeper than out-of-touch federal bureaucrats or overwhelmed local politicians. Drawing on interviews with federal, state, and local officials, they take readers inside the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Department of Homeland Security to reveal the inexcusable mismanagement during Hurricane Katrina--the bad decisions, the facts that were ignored, the individuals who saw that the system was broken but were unable to fix it. America's top emergency response officials had long known that a calamitous hurricane was likely to hit New Orleans, but that seems to have had little effect on planning or execution. This book is a wake-up call to all Americans about how vulnerable we remain.--From publisher description.
Subject
  1. United States > Department of Homeland Security
  2. United States > Federal Emergency Management Agency
  3. Emergency management > Gulf States
  4. Hurricane Katrina, 2005
  5. Disaster relief > Gulf States
Call number
  1. IM 06-7186
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-317) and index.
Author
  1. Cooper, Christopher, 1961-
Title
  1. Disaster : Hurricane Katrina and the failure of Homeland Security / Christopher Cooper, Robert Block.
Imprint
  1. New York : Times Books, 2006.
Edition
  1. 1st ed.
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-317) and index.
Connect to:
  1. Contributor biographical information
  2. Publisher description
  3. Contributor biographical information
  4. Publisher description
Added author
  1. Block, Robert (Robert Jeffrey), 1960-
LCCN
  1. 2006045557
Other standard identifier
  1. 9780805081305
ISBN
  1. 0805081305
  2. 9780805081305
Research call number
  1. IM 06-7186
  2. JBE 07-192
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