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Title Deadly indifference : the perfect (political) storm : Hurricane Katrina, the Bush White House, and beyond / Michael D. Brown and Ted Schwarz.
Author Brown, Michael D. (Michael DeWayne), 1954-
Publication Info. Lanham : Taylor Trade Pub., c2011.
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Description v, 226 p., [12] p. of plates : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Note Includes index.
Contents Welcome to D.C. -- A little background -- They warned me there'd be storms like Katrina -- The city built underwater -- Hurricane Charley, our baptism under fire -- Disaster politics -- Anticipation becomes reality -- The aftermath begins -- The violence begins -- The media intrudes -- How media fuels indifference -- You live where? -- Afterword -- Appendix 1: Behind the scenes : what you didn't read, see, or hear -- Appendix 2.
Subject Hurricane Katrina, 2005.
Brown, Michael D. (Michael DeWayne), 1954-
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency -- Officials and employees -- Biography.
Disaster relief -- Government policy -- Gulf Coast (U.S.) -- History -- 21st century.
Disaster relief -- Government policy -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History -- 21st century.
Disaster relief -- Government policy -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
Emergency management -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
United States -- Politics and government -- 2001-2009.
Mass media -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
Apathy -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
Added Author Schwarz, Ted, 1945-
ISBN 9781589794856 (cloth : alk. paper) : $24.95
1589794850 (cloth : alk. paper)
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