Emergency response to domestic terrorism : how bureaucracies reacted to the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing /

Emergency Response to Domestic Terrorism analyzes the emergency response to the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995. Terrorism is a complex threat, and the American government is expected to deter or intervene in every attack. For that reason, the gove...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cook, Alethia H.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Continuum, 2009.
Temas:
1995
Geschichte 1995.
Oklahoma City Federal Building Bombing, Oklahoma City, Okla., 1995.
Emergency management > United States.
Attentat d'Oklahoma City, Oklahoma City, Okl., 1995.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Terrorism.
Emergency management
Sprengstoffanschlag
Katastrophenmanagement
Oklahoma > Oklahoma City
United States
Oklahoma City (Okla.) > Federal Building.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Emergency Response to Domestic Terrorism analyzes the emergency response to the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995. Terrorism is a complex threat, and the American government is expected to deter or intervene in every attack. For that reason, the government must be better prepared to respond to acts of terror. One critical element is to understand what constitutes an "effective response." To answer this key question, the author examined the existing literature and interviewed thirty-one elite participants in the emergency response to the bombing
Descripción Física:1 online resource (125 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780826434913
0826434916
1501300474
9781501300479

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