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Chapter 1 Disaster Response in the United States: How the System Is Supposed to Work Chapter 2 When the System Fails Chapter 3 Disaster Relief and the Military: Civil Defense and Homeland Security Chapter 4 Hurricane Agnes, Three Mile Island, and the Establishment of FEMA Chapter 5 Hurricanes Hugo and Andrew Chapter 6 Hurricane Katrina Chapter 7 Two Other Models Chapter 8 Conclusion and Recommendations Selected Resources Index
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Civil defense -- United States.
Disaster relief -- United States.
Emergency management -- United States.
United States -- Defenses.