David Rainer

Local Planning for Terror and Disaster: From Bioterrorism to Earthquakes, L.A. Cole, N.D. Connell. John Wiley and Sons (2012), 274 pages + Index.

Local Planning for Terror and Disaster presents a truly integrated approach to emergency response. It offers real–world strategies for handling all types of emergencies, covering such areas as bioterrorism, natural disasters, infectious disease outbreaks, public health policy, and emergency medicine. Written by leading experts on the cutting edge of terror medicine and other disciplines involved in local preparedness, the book clearly shows how proven techniques for dealing with terrorist attacks can be applied to accidental and natural disasters as well.