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Hurricane Katrina : lessons for army planning and operations /

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The efforts undertaken by civilian and military organizations in response to Hurricane Katrina were historically unprecedented, but problems did arise in the military response that contributed to delays in accomplishing evacuations and relief operations across the storm-ravaged areas of Louisiana an...

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Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Other Authors: Davis, Lynn E. (Lynn Etheridge), 1943-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Santa Monica, CA : RAND, [2007]
Subjects:
Hurricane Katrina (2005)
Military planning > United States.
Armed Forces > Civic action.
Hurricane Katrina, 2005.
Disaster relief > Gulf States.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Disasters & Disaster Relief.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom.
Disaster relief.
Military planning.
United States.
United States > Gulf States.
2005
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:The efforts undertaken by civilian and military organizations in response to Hurricane Katrina were historically unprecedented, but problems did arise in the military response that contributed to delays in accomplishing evacuations and relief operations across the storm-ravaged areas of Louisiana and Mississippi, particularly New Orleans. A number of steps can be taken to enhance future military disaster-response efforts: give the National Guard the federal mission to conduct homeland security activities; make each National Guard unit capable of rapid deployment; prepare governors to call up G.
Item Description:"Prepared for the United States Army."
Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xviii, 87 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 83-87).
ISBN:9780833042743
0833042742
1281181145
9781281181145