Disaster : Hurricane Katrina and the failure of Homeland Security / Christopher Cooper, Robert Block.
Cooper, Christopher, 1961-; Block, Robert (Robert Jeffrey), 1960-
2006
HV636 2005.G85 C66 2006 (Mapit)
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Title Disaster : Hurricane Katrina and the failure of Homeland Security / Christopher Cooper, Robert Block.
Author Cooper, Christopher, 1961-
Edition 1st ed.
ISBN 9780805081305
0805081305
Imprint New York : Times Books, 2006.
Language English
Description xvii, 333 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Call Number HV636 2005.G85 C66 2006
Dewey Decimal Classification 976/.044
Summary 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.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-317) and index.
Added Author Block, Robert (Robert Jeffrey), 1960-
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PART ONE: PRELUDE TO DISASTER: The perfect storm
Water pork
A mountain of failure
Homeland insecurity
PART TWO: CATASTROPHE: The big one
The undodged bullet
Stranded in New Orleans
Promises, promises
Getting control
PART THREE: FLOTSAM AND JETSAM: The blame game
Do it yourself
Reindeer games
A civic responsibility.

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