Summary Of Mission Improbable By Lee Clarke

Planning is unavoidable. Everyday people are making plans subconsciously without even realizing it. Planning occurs on many different levels. Plans may vary from something ordinary such as how to spend a weekend to something more intricate, such as disaster planning. People often forget the reason we plan is to “hope for the best, but plan for the worst”. Often times people may be “too confident” in their planning, meaning it could be perceived to them as realistic in theory however it is rhetorical in nature. In Lee Clarke’s book, Mission Improbable, we learn that he loves calamities and enjoys the sociology behind how people prepare for them which range from natural disasters to man-made disasters.
Clarke illustrates his theme of
This concept states communication, cooperation and coordination are all integral components of planning. (Clarke, 56, 1999) Clarke explains the reason for this concept is to provide a level of “ease” to the audience for their level of uncertainty in regards to planning for the unknown and the potential disastrous unpreparedness with planning in a variety of scenarios. One strength of Clarke’s work is when he demonstrates the success and failures of fantasy documents in connection to various disasters and how he ties it to using the “3 Cs” which strengthen his argument that the “3Cs” lead to the overall
From preparing to experience the new rollercoaster at the local amusement park to a woman preparing for her first baby’s birth – we all want to know what to expect. It is a form of comfort and reassurance and Clarke illustrates the same throughout his writing. Clarke exemplifies that the world would be less chaotic, resourceful and much more reasonable if people and organizations were more honest. This helps people prepare in many ways than being given misleading information from the various levels of government, especially when it concerns emergency management. Safety is not something people should have to think twice