Breach of Faith

Depressing, but very well written, account of hurricane Katrina and its aftermath. Horne, who was the city editor for the Times-Picayune, writes with the knowledge and nuance of a local. He does an excellent job humanizing the many people whose lives the disaster overturned, and this book left me shocked at the failure of our response. I hope we don't let this happen again, but I fear we have not learned the lessons that we should have. Which is why this is an important read.