American Dunkirk shows how people, many of whom were volunteers, mobilized rescue efforts in various improvised and spontaneous ways on that fateful date. Disaster experts James Kendra and Tricia Wachtendorf examine the efforts through fieldwork and interviews with many of the participants to understand the evacuation and its larger implications for the entire practice of disaster management.
The authors ultimately explore how peopleas individuals, groups, and formal organizationspull together to respond to and recover from startling, destructive events. American Dunkirk asks, What can these people and lessons teach us about not only surviving but thriving in the face of calamity?
American Dunkirk shows how people, many of whom were volunteers, mobilized rescue efforts in various improvised and spontaneous ways on that fateful date. Disaster experts James Kendra and Tricia Wachtendorf examine the efforts through fieldwork and interviews with many of the participants to understand the evacuation and its larger implications for the entire practice of disaster management.
The authors ultimately explore how peopleas individuals, groups, and formal organizationspull together to respond to and recover from startling, destructive events. American Dunkirk asks, What can these people and lessons teach us about not only surviving but thriving in the face of calamity?
American Dunkirk: The Waterborne Evacuation of Manhattan on 9/11
156American Dunkirk: The Waterborne Evacuation of Manhattan on 9/11
156Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781439908211 |
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Publisher: | Temple University Press |
Publication date: | 06/24/2016 |
Edition description: | New Edition |
Pages: | 156 |
Product dimensions: | 5.50(w) x 8.25(h) x 0.50(d) |