The Unthinkable Who Survives When Disaster Strikes—and Why
By Amanda Ripley
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2008 Random House, hardcover, 288 pages.
Order # 10935 |
This new publication offers a compelling look at instinct and disaster response as it explore the psychology of fear and how it can save or destroy us. Using interviews with survivors of hotel fires, hostage situations, plane crashes and, 9/11, the author takes readers through the three stages of reaction to calamity: disbelief, deliberation and action. The author’s in-depth look at the psychology of disaster response, alongside survivors' accounts, makes for gripping reading, sure to raise debate as well as our awareness of a life-and-death issue.