{"product_id":"stress-testing-the-usa-public-policy-and-reaction-to-disaster-events-paperback","title":"Stress Testing the USA: Public Policy and Reaction to Disaster Events - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Rennie Short\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStress tests highlight a system's weak spots. This second edition provides a stress testing of the United States by exploring in detail the background to the disasters of the War on Terror, Hurricane Katrina, the financial crisis, the Gulf oil spill and the COVID-19 epidemic. These major stresses--the country's longest war, its biggest natural disaster, its biggest financial collapse since the Great Depression, its biggest oil spill and its worst pandemic since the influenza pandemic of 1918--tell us much about structural flaws in the United States. This book explores each of these events in detail to locate the seed of the disasters, and highlights what we have learned and not learned from these stress tests.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStress tests highlight a system's weak spots. This second edition provides a stress testing of the United States by exploring in detail the background to the disasters of the War on Terror, Hurricane Katrina, the financial crisis, the Gulf oil spill and the COVID-19 epidemic. These major stresses--the country's longest war, its biggest natural disaster, its biggest financial collapse since the Great Depression, its biggest oil spill and its worst pandemic since the influenza pandemic of 1918--tell us much about structural flaws in the United States. This book explores each of these events in detail to locate the seed of the disasters, and highlights what we have learned and not learned from these stress tests.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Rennie Short \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of Public Policy at the University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Rennie Short \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of Public Policy at the University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA. He is the author of 50 books, and his work has been translated into Arabic, Chinese, Czech, Japanese, Korean, Persian, Portuguese, Spanish and Vietnamese. His essays have appeared in, amongst others, \u003ci\u003eBusiness Insider\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eConversation\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMarket Watch\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eQuartz\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSalon, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eSlate\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTime, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWorld Economic Forum\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 188\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.42 x 8.27 x 5.83 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 17, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47437267599538,"sku":"9783030660017","price":194.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/6a99890e56ddfc9d465928394cdd6b0c.webp?v=1778650567","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/stress-testing-the-usa-public-policy-and-reaction-to-disaster-events-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}