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Lessons from Department of Defense disaster relief efforts in the Asia-Pacific Region /

The Department of Defense has long been able to play a major role in international humanitarian assistance and disaster response (HA/DR) due to its unique capabilities, manpower, and forward-deployed resources. The Asia-Pacific region is of particular importance to the United States because it bears...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Moroney, Jennifer D. P., 1973- (Author)
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation, 2013.
Subjects:
United States. > Department of Defense > Rules and practice > Evaluation.
United States > Armed Forces > Civic action > Case studies.
Disaster relief > Pacific Area > Case studies.
Disaster relief > United States > Evaluation.
Humanitarian assistance > United States > Evaluation.
Humanitarian assistance > Pacific Area > Case studies.
Emergency management > Case studies.
Integrated operations (Military science) > Case studies.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Human Rights.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Cyclone Nargis (Burma)
  • Padang Earthquake, West Sumatra (Indonesia)
  • 2010 monsoon floods (Pakistan)
  • The Great East Japan Earthquake/Operation Tomodachi (Japan)
  • Findings and recommendations.