Hurricane Katrina and the Failure of Homeland Security

Name: Hurricane Katrina and the Failure of Homeland Security
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ISBN: 9780805086508

ISBN-10: 0805086501

ISBN-13: 9780805086508

Edition: 2007

Authors: Christopher Cooper, Robert Block, Christopher Cooper

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"[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…

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List price: $23.99
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
Publication date: 5/29/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 1.034

Robert W. Block, MD, FAAPProfessor of PediatricsSchool of Community MedicineThe University of Oklahoma College of MedicineTulsa, Oklahoma



Authors' Note



Prelude to Disaster



The Perfect Storm



Water Pork



A Mountain of Failure



Homeland Insecurity



Catastrope



The Big One



The Undodged Bullet



Stranded in New Orleans



Promises, Promises



Getting Control



Flotsam and Jetsam



The Blame Game



Do It Yourself



Reindeer Games



A Civic Responsibility


Sources


Acknowledgments


Index