@article{329651,
      author = {Cooper, Christopher, and Block, Robert},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/329651},
      title = {Disaster : Hurricane Katrina and the failure of Homeland  Security /},
      publisher = {Times Books,},
      abstract = {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.},
      recid = {329651},
      pages = {xvii, 333 p., [8] p. of plates :},
      address = {New York :},
      year = {2006},
}