For a deeper understanding of the nation’s emergency response capabilities, disaster preparedness and the other related topics that create the headlines every day, these selected books, authored by national security and disaster experts, provide a valuable resource.
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Americans at Risk, by Irwin Redlener
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“Dr. Redlener's page-turning account offers an insider's look at the increasing number of problems we face as the nation prepares for large-scale disasters.”
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The Edge of Disaster, by Stephen Flynn
“Dr. Stephen Flynn, author of the bestselling America the Vulnerable, describes America's crumbling industrial landscape and our own negligence in this thought-provoking effort.”
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The Upside of Down, by Thomas Homer-Dixon
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“Political scientist and award-winning author Thomas Homer-Dixon makes a compelling argument about society's vulnerability to catastrophic global breakdown. While drawing parallels between modern society's stressors and those faced by the Roman Empire, Homer-Dixon begs for social, economic and technological renewal to avoid the inevitable.”
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The Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast, by Douglas Brinkley
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“As a Professor of History at Tulane University and a New Orleans resident, author Douglas Brinkley experiences the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina every day. This moving narrative chronicles the life-and-death struggles of everyday heroes and reveals the incompetence of officials that were overwhelmed even before one of our nation’s worst disasters made landfall.”
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