Trauma and disaster / Robert J. Ursano, Carol S. Fullerton and Brian G. McCaughey -- The nature of traumatic stress. The psychology of terror and its aftermath / Harry C. Holloway and Carol S. Fullerton -- Exposure to traumatic death : the nature of the stressor / Robert J. Ursano and James E. McCarroll -- Psychological and psychiatric aspects of technological disasters / Lars Weisaeth -- Traumatic effects of accidents / Ulrik F. Malt -- The human experience of earthquakes / Brian G. McCaughey, Kenneth J. Hoffman and Craig H. Llewellyn -- Psychological effects of toxic contamination / Bonnie L. Green, Jacob D. Lindy and Mary C. Grace. The role of psychological context in responses to trauma and disasters. Social support and perceived control as moderators of responses to dioxin and flood exposure / Susan D. Solomon and Elizabeth M. Smith -- Debriefing following traumatic exposure / Arieh Y. Shalev -- Relocation stress following natural disasters / Ellen T. Gerrity and Peter Steinglass -- Group reactions to trauma : an avalance accident / Pal Herlofsen -- Community responses to disaster : the Gander plane crash / Kathleen M. Wright and Paul T. Bartone. Responses to trauma across the life cycle. Children of war and children at war : child victims of terror in Mozambique / Jon A. Shaw and Jesse J. Harris -- Stress and coping with the trauma of war in the Persian Gulf : the hospital ship USNS Comfort / Michael P. Dinneen, Roger J. Pentzien and John M. Mateczun -- Long-term sequelae of combat in World War II, Korea and Vietnam : a comparative study / Robert Rosenheck and Alan Fontana -- Psychophysiological aspects of chronic stress following trauma / Laura M. Davidson and Andrew Baum -- Individual and community reactions to the Kentucky floods : findings from a longitudinal study of older adults / Fran H. Norris, James F. Phifer and Krzysztof Kaniasty. Conclusions. The structure of human chaos / Robert J. Ursano, Brian G. McCaughey and Carol S. Fullerton.