Emergency Management: The American Experience 1900-2010, Second Edition
- ISBN-10
- 146655908X
- ISBN-13
- 9781466559080
- Series
- Emergency Management
- Category
- Political Science
- Pages
- 314
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012-04-03
- Publisher
- CRC Press
- Authors
- Andrew Jones, Andrew Kovacich
Description
Following in the footsteps of its popular predecessor, the second edition of Emergency Management: The American Experience 19002010 provides the background needed to understand the key political and policy underpinnings of emergency management, exploring how major "focusing events" have shaped the development of emergency management. It builds on
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- 2019-04-16
- 352 pages
- Paperback
- John Wiley & Sons
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- 2019-03-27
- 352 pages
- Ebook
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- 2019-03-21
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