Amanda Ripley Author of The Unthinkable

Swiss Army Watch

posted by Amanda Ripley in News
March 11, 2009 at 3:26 PM | 3 comments

I’m honored to hear that the Swiss Infantry School has made The Unthinkable mandatory reading for its staff. Very cool.

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Ryan said on March 11, 2009 at 6:02 pm

Congratulations!

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Charles Stevenson said on March 12, 2009 at 6:05 am

I too have found your book a great clarifier as to how we think ( or sometimes don’t think ) when faced with life or death situations.  FYI the BBC have recently shown a programme ‘How to survive a disaster’  It’s watchable on their I-Player and here’s the link for anyone that’s interested - It’s from the UK (as I am) but inludes a fair few US situations. 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00j7p7z/Horizon_20082009_How_to_Survive_a_Disaster/

The fact that pre-planning a ‘what if’ scenario appears to ‘prime’ our brains for future eventualities is worth remembering.

Thanks, for the book Amanda.

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Keiron Phillips said on March 16, 2009 at 8:02 am

Well, you never know when they could have a nasty accident with one of those pocket knives, do you?

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