{"product_id":"an-unmitigated-disaster-robert-o-schneider-9781440878930","title":"An Unmitigated Disaster: America's Response to Covid-19","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHighlighting American cultural and political contexts, this book provides an in-depth assessment of the breadth and magnitude of the United States' errors in its response to the COVID-19 pandemic.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAn Unmitigated Disaster\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles and explains the U.S. response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Emergency management expert Robert O. Schneider considers the quality of U.S. pandemic planning and preparedness; the quality and effectiveness of national, state, and local response efforts; and the performance of national leaders during this historic public health crisis. The book culminates in an assessment of how a predictable public health threat became an unprecedented health, economic, and security disaster. Schneider convincingly shows that conscious decisions were made by governmental authorities, beginning with the president, to ignore expert information and security intelligence in pursuit of other objectives. In other words, Schneider argues, if the U.S. was ill-prepared for or slow to respond to the crisis, it was because its leaders consciously chose to be ill-prepared or slow to respond. Readers will be fascinated by this behind-the-scenes exposé of a pandemic year.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert O. Schneider\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1440878935\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781440878930\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Praeger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/11\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.29h x 6.30w x 0.79d","brand":"Robert O. Schneider","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43988590461183,"sku":"9781440878930","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6b80504f-7ac1-4a29-bc8e-09af7432f8ec.jpg?v=1683295284","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/an-unmitigated-disaster-robert-o-schneider-9781440878930","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}