Shit Doesn't Just Happen: Shit Doesn't Just Happen II : Challenger, Czar, Sultana, Mulholland, Kursk, Pearl Harbor, Alive!: The Gift of Failure (Series #2) (Paperback)

from LibStaff2

3.25-3.5 Stars The second in a series, this book introduces some interesting disasters (two that I was not familiar with) and pulls the reader in easily. However, it can be read as a stand-alone. The very beginning and the last sections are also in the first book, so a small part is repetitive. T...

from editfish

The author is tremendously knowledgeable about historical disasters, and about identifying the key issues (human errors and oversights) that ultimately led to (or contributed to) the disaster. It's not a difficult read, nor is it inaccessible to the average reader. I found it interesting and comp...

from Helcura

This book is no better than the first book in terms of writing or editing. In fact, much of this book is just copied from the first book. The events and analysis are still interesting though, so I'd recommend just reading about the disasters and skipping the rest. If you found the first book inte...

from JeffV

This is the second book of a series by former Green Beret and current novelist Bob Mayer. The theme of the series are disastrous events pigeonholed into his "rule of 7" -- a series of cascading episodes including at least one human failure that led ultimately to disaster. This volume includes the...

from SlonBaton

Interesting book, and the author's approach to technology-related disasters is worth reading and thinking about. But on my opinion this method is not applicable to political or financial events, because in opposite to "classical disasters" in such events there are usually some beneficiaries who g...