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Dams and Other Disasters: A Century of the Army Corps of Engineers in Civil Works, Arthur E. Morgan 

 

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION
WHO WROTE THIS BOOK
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
PREFACE

PART I
Chapter One: The Lingula on the Hudson
Chapter Two: Inclusive Engineering Analysis
Chapter Three: Conclusive Analysis for Human Wellbeing
Chapter Four: Esprit de Corps

PART II
Chapter Five: James B. Eads and the Saint Louis Bridge
Chapter Six: James B. Eads and the Mississippi River Jetties
Chapter Seven: Opposition of the Corps of Engineers to the Hydraulic Laboratory
Chapter Eight: Shortening the Mississippi
Chapter Nine: The Army Engineers' Resistance to Reservoirs
Chapter Ten: The Upper Allegheny
Chapter Eleven: The Kinzua Dam

PART III
Chapter Twelve: Insensitivity to the Environment
Epilogue: The Corps of Engineers as an Organization

INDEX

 

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