In this textbook meant for students of crisis management and leadership, Howitt (Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation, Leadership in Crises program, China Crisis Management program, and Program on Emergency Preparedness, Harvard U.) and Leonard (public management and business administration, Harvard U.) offer a case-based examination of crisis and emergency management that provides detailed cases about specific emergency events in the context of discussions about concepts, terminology, hypotheses, and theories. Cases include Hurricane Katrina, the 1992 LA riots, 9/11, the anthrax crisis, and security preparations for the 1996 Olympic Games. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)