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000312823 1001_ $$aFlynn, Stephen E.
000312823 24514 $$aThe edge of disaster :$$brebuilding a resilient nation /$$cStephen Flynn.
000312823 250__ $$a1st ed.
000312823 260__ $$aNew York :$$bRandom House :$$bin cooperation with the Council on Foreign Relations,$$cc2007.
000312823 300__ $$axxix, 240 p. ;$$c25 cm.
000312823 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [185]-228) and index.
000312823 5050_ $$aA brittle nation -- Ready to blow -- Inviting disaster -- Danger on the delta -- Ailing foundations -- The best defense is a good defense -- Getting it right -- Tapping the private sector -- Preparing for the worst -- A resilient society.
000312823 520__ $$aAmericans are in denial, maintains security expert Flynn, about how vulnerable our nation is to disaster, be it terrorist attack or act of God. But what's truly shocking, he argues, is how little we have learned from September 11 and Hurricane Katrina. America is living on borrowed time--and squandering it. Flynn describes how we have become increasingly vulnerable to disaster by grossly neglecting the complex, crumbling infrastructure that provides our water, food, health care, electricity, and transportation. Through a series of realistic scenarios, he dramatizes the prime areas of documented risk, where terrrorist attacks could kill thousands and bring regions to their economic knees--but the wrath of Mother Nature may be our gravest threat. But Flynn also explores what we can do about it, as individuals and as a society, outlining a detailed, pragmatic preparedness program we can embrace right now.--From publisher description.
000312823 520__ $$aIncludes information on agriculture, airlines, al-Qaeda, Boston, George W. Bush, California, chemical faculities, Coast Guard, infectious diseases, earthquakes, economy, electricity, emergency care system, emergency response, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), federal government, fire, floods, flu, gasoline, hospitals, Hurricane Katrina, hurricanes, infrastructure, insurance, Iraq, levees, Los Angeles, military, Mississippi, national security, natural disasters, New Jersey, New Orleans, New York,, oil refineries, oil tankers, police, ports, power system, disaster preparedness, private sector, public health system, rail systems, San Francisco, Seattle, September 11 terrorist atacks, state and local governments, transportation system, water systems, etc.
000312823 650_0 $$aEmergency management$$zUnited States.
000312823 650_0 $$aTerrorism$$xPrevention$$xGovernment policy$$zUnited States.
000312823 650_0 $$aCivil defense$$zUnited States.
000312823 650_0 $$aNational security$$zUnited States.
000312823 7102_ $$aCouncil on Foreign Relations.
000312823 85200 $$bgen$$hHV551.3$$i.F62$$i2007
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