Deadly Indifference The Perfect (Political) Storm: Hurricane Katrina, The Bush White House, and Beyond

by Brown, Michael D.; Schwarz, Ted

• ISBN13: 9781589794856
• ISBN10: 1589794850
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-06-16
• Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing

Summary

This is the first book by a former high government official about the realities of both natural and manmade disasters as they impact the public. Free from excuses, the book begins with Brown's experience during Hurricane Katrina, the largest federal response to a natural disaster in U.S. history. The realities of dealing with disasters are discussed in this timely book, one that warns us of calamities yet to come as Brown and Schwarz soberly detail what disasters are preventable and what, tragically, will not be.

Table of Contents

Welcome to D.C.	p. 1
A Little Background	p. 21
They Warned Me There'd Be Storms Like Katrina	p. 25
The City Built Under Water	p. 31
Hurricane Charley, Our Baptism by Fire	p. 61
Disaster Politics	p. 65
Anticipation Becomes Reality	p. 69
The Aftermath Begins	p. 97
The Violence Begins	p. 129
The Media Intrude	p. 133
How the Media Fuel Indifference	p. 169
You Live Where?	p. 185
Afterword	p. 201
Behind the Scenes: What You Didn't Read, See, or Hear	p. 205
With Time Comes Understanding	p. 217
Index	p. 221
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