You can actually find all kinds of information from almost any war. Try their search facilities, its sometimes hit and miss but a search for “the battle of midway” finds all kinds of information. Under military sytems you can also find historical information:
I think that the system should stay the way it is. The states should ask for assistance. If they don’t it’s their fault, not the federal government. We do not need to have more bureacracy. Personally, I believe it was the Louisiana’s fault the situation wasn’t handled properly along with FEMA. It would be a violation of states’ rights to use Bush’s plan imo.