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The PLA at Home and Abroad - Strategic Studies Institute - U.S. Army

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53. Convers<strong>at</strong>ions with <strong>PLA</strong> researchers, Beijing, China, Summer<br />

<strong>and</strong> Fall 2008. I cautioned th<strong>at</strong> the existence of a FEMA did<br />

not guarantee a quicker or more effective governmental response<br />

to a disaster (Hurricane K<strong>at</strong>rina <strong>and</strong> New Orleans, for example);<br />

moreover, the military was probably destined to bear the brunt<br />

of a response in any n<strong>at</strong>ural disaster no m<strong>at</strong>ter wh<strong>at</strong> the official<br />

bureaucr<strong>at</strong>ic responsibilities were.<br />

54. See, for example, the discussion in M. Taylor Fravel, “<strong>The</strong><br />

Evolution of China’s Military Str<strong>at</strong>egy: Comparing the 1987 <strong>and</strong><br />

1999 Editions of Zhanlue Xue,” in James Mulvenon <strong>and</strong> David Finkelstein,<br />

eds., China’s Revolution in Doctrinal Affairs, p. 96.<br />

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