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In the first decade of the twenty-first century four major catastrophes befell the United States. What did they reveal, individually and collectively, about the United States?
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Short, J.R. (2013). The United States: A System under Stress. In: Stress Testing the USA. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137325747_7
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