Situation Desperate : U. S. Army Engineer Disaster Relief Operations Origins To 1950

Leland R. Johnson

ISBN 10: 0160861098 / ISBN 13: 9780160861093

Published by United States Government Printing Office, 2011

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Situation Desperate : U. S. Army Engineer Disaster Relief Operations Origins To 1950
• Publisher: United States Government Printing Office
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0160861098
• ISBN 13: 9780160861093
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st.
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 2.2 pounds

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Synopsis

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For nearly 130 years now, Army Engineers have  performed the often perilous task of emergency response with intelligence, determination, and courage.  The final publication highlights the Army Engineers’ long history of emergency operations through 1950. It sheds valuable light on

the evolution of that mission narrated against the general background of developing federal disaster assistance policies and precedents dating back to the early nineteenth century. It also describes the seven major phases through which  federal disaster assistance passed before the statutory establishment in 1950 of modern policies. Years of hard work by many have led to this attractive and useful publication that contributes to our understanding of the important mission,  role, and activities of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers during disasters and emergencies.
 

About the Author

 The author is Leland Johnson, a freelance historical writer and researcher. He has published more than 40 books, about half of them for USACE. But Situation Desperate is much more than a dry recitation of facts and dates. It also captures the human element of disaster response, beginning with the title."The most exciting thing about the book is what people said during these emergencies, which was sometimes shocking and tantalizing, and sometimes real sharp," Johnson said. "The editors pulled those quotes and highlighted them, and one of them came from Capt. Dan Kingman during the Mississippi River flood of 1890.