John Rennie Short, Public Policy, Publishes “Stress Testing the USA”

Stress Testing the USA: Public Policy and Reaction to Disaster Events, a new book by professor of public policy John Rennie Short, arrives in stores tomorrow! [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcUEyXn28hI] Stress testing is a procedure, common to fields from medicine to engineering, that is used to reveal a system’s weaknesses. In his new book, Short applies this concept to analyzing four serious traumas the United States experienced at the start of the 21st century: the invasion of Iraq, Hurricane Katrina, the financial meltdown, and the BP oil spill. In Stress Testing the USA (Palgrave MacMillan), Short identifies specific structural flaws with the …