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The edge of disaster : rebuilding a resilient nation
Flynn, Stephen E.

Publisher:	Random House :
Pub date:	c2007.
Pages:	xxix, 240 p. ;
ISBN:	9781400065516
Copy info:	1 copy available in CIRC1. 1 copy total in all locations.

Holdings
Call number	Copies	Material	Location
HV551.3 .F62 2007	1	Book	Main Library - Circulating Collection - 1st Fl.

Summary

"The truth is, acts of terror cannot always be prevented, and nature continues to show its fury in frighteningly unpredictable ways. Resiliency, argues Flynn, must now become our national motto. With chilling frankness and clarity, Flynn paints a vivid scenario of the threats we face within our own borders. The Edge of Disaster tells us what we can do about these threats, as individuals and as a society. The time to act is now."--BOOK JACKET. Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.

Table of Contents

Introduction	xi
1 A Brittle Nation	3
2 Ready to Blow	13
3 Inviting Disaster	38
4 Danger on the Delta	52
5 Ailing Foundations	68
6 The Best Defense Is a Good Defense	92
7 Getting It Right	110
8 Tapping the Private Sector	132
9 Preparing for the Worst	151
10 A Resilient Society	165
Acknowledgments	181
Notes	185
Index	229

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ISBN:	9781400065516
ISBN:	1400065518
LC call number:	HV551.3 .F62 2007
Personal author:	Flynn, Stephen E.
Title:	The edge of disaster : rebuilding a resilient nation / Stephen Flynn.
Publication info:	New York : Random House : in cooperation with the Council on Foreign Relations, c2007.
Physical description:	xxix, 240 p. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-228) and index.
Contents:	Brittle nation -- Ready to blow -- Inviting disaster -- Danger on the delta -- Ailing foundations -- Best defense is a good defense -- Getting it right -- Tapping the private sector -- Preparing for the worst -- Resilient society.
Abstract:	Americans are in denial, maintains security expert Flynn, about how vulnerable our nation is to disaster, be it terrorist attack or act of God. But what's truly shocking, he argues, is how little we have learned from September 11 and Hurricane Katrina. America is living on borrowed time--and squandering it. Flynn describes how we have become increasingly vulnerable to disaster by grossly neglecting the complex, crumbling infrastructure that provides our water, food, health care, electricity, and transportation. Through a series of realistic scenarios, he dramatizes the prime areas of documented risk, where terrrorist attacks could kill thousands and bring regions to their economic knees--but the wrath of Mother Nature may be our gravest threat. But Flynn also explores what we can do about it, as individuals and as a society, outlining a detailed, pragmatic preparedness program we can embrace right now.--From publisher description.
Abstract:	Includes information on agriculture, airlines, al-Qaeda, Boston, George W. Bush, California, chemical faculities, Coast Guard, infectious diseases, earthquakes, economy, electricity, emergency care system, emergency response, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), federal government, fire, floods, flu, gasoline, hospitals, Hurricane Katrina, hurricanes, infrastructure, insurance, Iraq, levees, Los Angeles, military, Mississippi, national security, natural disasters, New Jersey, New Orleans, New York,, oil refineries, oil tankers, police, ports, power system, disaster preparedness, private sector, public health system, rail systems, San Francisco, Seattle, September 11 terrorist atacks, state and local governments, transportation system, water systems, etc.
Subject:	Emergency management--United States.
Subject:	Terrorism--Prevention--Government policy--United States.
Subject:	Civil defense--United States.
Subject:	National security--United States.
Corporate author:	Council on Foreign Relations.
Electronic access:	Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0738/2006050405-b.html
Electronic access:	Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0738/2006050405-d.html
Electronic access:	Sample text http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0738/2006050405-s.html