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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Place / Publishing House:Guilford, Connecticut : : Lyons Press,, [2016]
2016
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (265 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.