Shall we wake the president? : two centuries of disaster management from the Oval Office / / Tevi Troy ; foreword by Senator Joseph I. Lieberman
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Troy Tevi <1967->
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| Titolo: |
Shall we wake the president? : two centuries of disaster management from the Oval Office / / Tevi Troy ; foreword by Senator Joseph I. Lieberman
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| Pubblicazione: | Guilford, Connecticut : , : Lyons Press, , [2016] |
| ©2016 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (265 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 973.09/9 |
| Soggetto topico: | Presidents - United States - History |
| Presidents - United States | |
| Disasters - Political aspects - United States - History | |
| Crisis management in government - United States - History | |
| Soggetto geografico: | United States Politics and government Decision making |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Section 1. Acts of G-d -- The pandemic threat -- Food and water crisis -- Weather : a growing federal role -- Economic collapse -- How to prepare for acts of G-d -- Section 2. Acts of man -- Terror attacks -- The bioterror threat -- Loss of the power grid -- Civil unrest -- How to prepare for acts of man -- Conclusion -- Appendix One: Presidential lessons learned -- Appendix Two: When presidents should get involved -- Appendix Three: Five best and five worst presidents at dealing with disaster -- Appendix Four: Individual lessons learned. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | The history of presidential dealings with disasters shows that whatever their ideology, presidents need to be prepared to deal with unexpected crises. In recent years, the expectations have grown as the disasters seem to appear to be coming more frequently. Since 2001, numerous unpredictable crises, including terror attacks, massive storms, and an economic collapse, have shaken Americans to their core. It seems as if technology, for all of its beneficences, also provides mankind with increasingly powerful ways to wreak destruction, including nuclear explosions, bioterror attacks, and cyber-att |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Shall we wake the president |
| ISBN: | 1-4930-2465-5 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910827810803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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