
The spate of disaster events ranging from major to catastrophic that have occurred in recent years raises a lot of questions about where and why they happened. Understanding the history of emergency management policies and practice is important to an understanding of current...

Following in the footsteps of its popular predecessor, the second edition of Emergency Management: The American Experience 1900-2010 provides the background needed to understand the key political and policy underpinnings of emergency management, exploring...

The newly updated edition of Emergency Management: The American Experience continues the tradition of all previous editions: a succinct yet comprehensive teaching and learning textbook to understand the essential political and policy underpinnings of emergency management...
