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Stress testing the USA = public policy and reaction to disaster events /

紀錄類型:	書目-語言資料,印刷品 : Monograph/item
正題名/作者:	Stress testing the USA/ John Rennie Short.
其他題名:	public policy and reaction to disaster events /
作者:	Short, John R.
出版者:	New York, New York :Palgrave Macmillan, : [2013],
面頁冊數:	1 online resource.
標題:	POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Economic Policy -
標題:	United States - Defenses -
電子資源:	http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9781137325747
ISBN:	9781137325747 (electronic bk.)

Stress testing the USA = public policy and reaction to disaster events /
Short, John R.

Stress testing the USApublic policy and reaction to disaster events /[electronic resource] :John Rennie Short. - New York, New York :Palgrave Macmillan,[2013] - 1 online resource.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The War on Terror -- 3. Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans -- 4. The Financial Meltdown -- 5. The Gulf Oil Spill -- 6. The USA: A System Under Stress.

"The book provides detailed account of four major disasters that befell the USA in the first decade of the twenty first century: the invasion of Iraq, Hurricane Katrina and the drowning of New Orleans, financial meltdown and the Gulf oil spill. It provides a compelling narrative of each event that summarizes the main findings but also shows the connections and ultimately the deep stresses that fracture contemporary USA. The text is very accessible to the general reader. The book will illuminate these wider and deeper structural flaws and make some general policy suggestions. In summary, it is guide to what ails the USA and what needs to be done to fix it"--

ISBN: 9781137325747 (electronic bk.)

Source: 664655Palgrave Macmillanhttp://www.palgraveconnect.comSubjects--Topical Terms:

860355
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Economic Policy
Subjects--Geographical Terms:

528513
United States
--DefensesIndex Terms--Genre/Form:

554714
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: E179 / .S56 2013

Dewey Class. No.: 973.93

Stress testing the USA = public policy and reaction to disaster events /
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