No Mercy: True Stories Of Disaster, Survival And Brutality

No Mercy: True Stories Of Disaster, Survival And Brutality

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Author: Eleanor Learmonth

Format: Paperback

Number of Pages: 332


Disaster strikes. A ship goes down, a plane crashes, a party of travellers is cut off. But when the panic and confusion subside and the dead are counted, the survivors must find away to keep surviving. And in desperation, unconstrained by law or conventional authority, thetactics they resort to can be both horrifying and ultimately self-destructive. Learmonth and Tabakoff outline the physical and neurological changes that typically affect thevictims of disaster. Then, using true stories from history as case studies, they investigate the scenario famously imagined by William Golding in Lord of the Flies and borne out by theextraordinary Robbers Cave experiments of the 1950s. As this fascinating book unfolds theawful truth becomes clear. In extremity, humans are capable of a swift descent into murderous savagery that is both hard to believe-and impossible to forget.



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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title.
Author: Eleanor Learmonth

Format: Paperback

Number of Pages: 332


Disaster strikes. A ship goes down, a plane crashes, a party of travellers is cut off. But when the panic and confusion subside and the dead are counted, the survivors must find away to keep surviving. And in desperation, unconstrained by law or conventional authority, thetactics they resort to can be both horrifying and ultimately self-destructive. Learmonth and Tabakoff outline the physical and neurological changes that typically affect thevictims of disaster. Then, using true stories from history as case studies, they investigate the scenario famously imagined by William Golding in Lord of the Flies and borne out by theextraordinary Robbers Cave experiments of the 1950s. As this fascinating book unfolds theawful truth becomes clear. In extremity, humans are capable of a swift descent into murderous savagery that is both hard to believe-and impossible to forget.