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Deadly indifference :

1589794850 (cloth : alk. paper)

1589794869 (electronic)

9781589794856 (cloth : alk. paper)

9781589794863 (electronic)

b517306

Deadly indifference :

[Book]

the perfect (political) storm : Hurricane Katrina, the Bush White House, and beyond /

Michael D. Brown and Ted Schwarz

Lanham :

Taylor Trade Pub.,

c2011

v, 226 p. :

col. ill. ;

24 cm

Includes index

Welcome to D.C. -- A little background -- They warned me there'd be storms like Katrina -- The city built under water -- Hurricane Charley, our baptism by fire -- Disaster politics -- Anticipation becomes reality -- The aftermath begins -- The violence begins -- The media intrudes -- How the media fuel indifference -- You live where? -- Afterword -- Appendix 1: Behind the scenes: what you didn't read, see, or hear -- Appendix 2: With time comes understanding

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"At last, former Under Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Brown--infamously praised by President George W. Bush for doing a "heck of a job" in the wake of Hurricane Katrina--tells his side of the response of one of the greatest natural disasters to occur in the United States. Without making excuses for anyone, least of all the President of the United States or himself, Brown describes in detail what ultimately turned out to be the largest federal response to a natural disaster in U.S. history. In a revelation that will surprise critics who accused the Bush administration of nonchalance, if not outright indifference to the calamity, Brown and his team had run a full-blown simulation of a Category 4 hurricane striking New Orleans fully a year before Katrina came ashore in 2005" --Dust jacket flap

Brown, Michael D., (Michael DeWayne),1954-

United States.-- Officials and employees

Apathy-- Political aspects-- United States-- History-- 21st century

Disaster relief-- Government policy-- Gulf Coast (U.S.)-- History-- 21st century

Disaster relief-- Government policy-- Louisiana-- New Orleans-- History-- 21st century

Disaster relief-- Government policy-- United States-- History-- 21st century

Emergency management-- United States-- History-- 21st century

Hurricane Katrina, 2005

Mass media-- Political aspects-- United States-- History-- 21st century

United States, Politics and government, 2001-2009

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Brown, Michael D., (Michael DeWayne),1954-

Schwarz, Ted,1945-

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