Read more Americans at Risk: Why We Are Not Prepared for Megadisasters and What We Can Do Now (Hardcover) Written by Irwin Redlener Director of the National Center for Disaster Preparedness Published by Alfred A. Knopf Available after August 22nd, 2006 This important book offers a compelling narrative about our nation's inability to properly plan for large-scale disasters and proposes changes that can still be made to assure the safety of its citizens. As a doctor, Redlener is especially concerned about America's increasingly dysfunctional and expensive health care system, incapable of handling a large-scale public health emergency, such as pandemic flu or widespread bioterrorism. An essential book for our time, Americans at Risk is a devastating and realistic account of where we stand today. Acclaim “In his compelling book, Dr. Redlener makes a stirring argument about what’s wrong with our approach to preventing and responding to megadisasters. 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