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American Dunkirk: The Waterborne Evacuation of Manhattan on 9/11
James M. Kendra
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Description for American Dunkirk: The Waterborne Evacuation of Manhattan on 9/11
Paperback. Num Pages: 156 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; JKSR; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 209 x 15. Weight in Grams: 242.
When the terrorist attacks struck New York City on September 11, 2001, boat operators and waterfront workers quickly realized that they had the skills, the equipment, and the opportunity to take definite, immediate action in responding to the most significant destructive event in the United States in decades. For many of them, they were doing what needed to be done. 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 ... Read more
When the terrorist attacks struck New York City on September 11, 2001, boat operators and waterfront workers quickly realized that they had the skills, the equipment, and the opportunity to take definite, immediate action in responding to the most significant destructive event in the United States in decades. For many of them, they were doing what needed to be done. 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
156
Place of Publication
Philadelphia PA, United States
ISBN
9781439908211
SKU
V9781439908211
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Ref
99-12
About James M. Kendra
James Kendra is Director of the Disaster Research Center and Professor in the School of Public Policy and Administration at the University of Delaware. Tricia Wachtendorf is Associate Director of the Disaster Research Center and Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice at the University of Delaware.
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