Are We Ready?
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21st century american culture
21st century american history
9/11
A01=David Rosner
A01=Gerald Markowitz
american health
anthrax attacks
Author_David Rosner
Author_Gerald Markowitz
biological terrorism
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chemical terrorism
democracy
disease
emergency preparedness
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first responders
government and governing
health
political organization
pubic health defenses
public anxiety
public health infrastructure
public health services
public health threat
radiological terrorism
september 11
smallpox attack
terrorism
terrorist attacks
united states of america
war in iraq
Product details
- ISBN 9780520250383
- Weight: 318g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 11 Sep 2006
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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A contemporary history of a critical period, "Are We Ready?" analyzes the impact of 9/11, the anthrax attacks that followed, and preparations for a possible smallpox attack on the nation's public health infrastructure. David Rosner and Gerald Markowitz interviewed local, state, and federal officials to determine the immediate reactions of key participants in these events. The authors explore the extent to which these emergencies permanently altered the political, cultural, and organizational life of the country and consider whether the nation is now better prepared to withstand another potentially devastating attack. This well-reasoned and well-researched book presents compelling evidence that few with hands-on experience with disease and emergency preparedness believe that an adequate response to terrorism - whether biological, chemical, or radiological - is possible without a strong and vibrant infrastructure to provide everyday services as well as emergency responses."Are We Ready?" begins with an examination of the experiences of local New York officials who were the first responders to 9/11 and follows them as events unfolded and as state and national authorities arrived.
It goes on to analyze how various states dealt with changing federal funding for a variety of public health services. Using oral histories of CDC and other federal officials, the book then focuses on the federal reaction to 9/11 and anthrax. What emerges is a picture of dedicated public servants who were overcome by the emotions of the moment yet who were able to react in ways that significantly reduced the public anxiety and public health threat.Despite the extraordinary opportunity to revitalize and reinvigorate the nation's public health infrastructure, the growing federal and state budget deficits, the refocusing of national attention on the war in Iraq, and the passage of time all combined to undermine many of the needed reforms to the nation's public health defenses. Copub: Milbank Memorial Fund.
David Rosner is Codirector of the Center for the History and Ethics of Public Health at Columbia's Mailman School of Public Health. Gerald Markowitz is Distinguished Professor of History at John Jay College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. They are coauthors of Deceit and Denial: The Deadly Politics of Industrial Pollution (UC Press).
