{"product_id":"american-dunkirk-the-waterborne-evacuation-of-manhattan-on-9-11-paperback-softback-9781439908211","title":"American Dunkirk; The Waterborne Evacuation of Manhattan on 9\/11 (Paperback \/ softback) 9781439908211","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAmerican Dunkirk\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Waterborne Evacuation of Manhattan on 9\/11\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJames M Kendra (Author), Tricia Wachtendorf (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781439908211\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 24 June 2016\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e156 pages\u003cbr\u003e21 x 14 x 1.4 cm, 0.227 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen 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.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmerican Dunkirk \u003c\/i\u003eshows 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe authors ultimately explore how people-as individuals, groups, and formal organizations-pull together to respond to and recover from startling, destructive events. \u003ci\u003eAmerican Dunkirk \u003c\/i\u003easks, What can these people and lessons teach us about not only surviving but thriving in the face of calamity?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003ePrologue\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1 Making Sense of Disaster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 2 We Did What We Had to Do: Identity, Ethos, and Community in Action\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 3 Making Sense and Taking Action\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 4 Breaking Rules, Making Rules: The Paradox of Disaster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 5 Blending Art and Science, or Mindful Muddling: Toward a New Concept of Disaster Management\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Temple University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52676719575320,"sku":"9781439908211","price":18.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/american-dunkirk-the-waterborne-evacuation-of-manhattan-on-9-11-paperback-softback-9781439908211","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}