NOTE: NO FURTHER DISCOUNT FOR THIS PRINT PRODUCT -OVERSTOCK SALE -- Significantly reduced list price For nearly 130 years now, Army Engineers have performed the often perilous task of emergencyresponse with intelligence, determination, and courage. The final publication highlights the ArmyEngineers long history of emergency operations through 1950. It sheds valuable light onthe evolution of that mission narrated against the general background of developing federaldisaster assistance policies and precedents dating back to the early nineteenth century. It alsodescribes the seven major phases through which federal disaster assistance passed before the statutory establishment in 1950 of modern policies.Years of hard work by many have led to this attractive and useful publication that contributesto our understanding of the important mission, role, and activities of the U.S. Army Corps ofEngineers during disasters and emergencies. "
